ESKOM has implemented Stage 2 load-shedding from 17:00 on Monday to 05:00 on Wednesday morning, as Medupi Unit 3 had also broken down.
Eskom announced load-shedding would begin at 21:00 on Monday.
Eskom said this was owing to the failure of a number of generating units over the past 24 hours. A unit each at the Matla, Kendal, Matimba, Kusile and Grootvlei power stations had tripped since Monday morning.
This was in addition to other units that had tripped over the weekend.
“Load shedding is required in order for Eskom to replenish the emergency generation reserves, which have been utilised significantly since the past weekend,” the power utility said.
“This, in addition to other units that had tripped during the weekend, reduced available generation capacity, forcing Eskom to rely heavily on emergency generation reserves to keep the lights on.”
– Inside Politics
