Cape Town – There is no load-shedding anticipated for the weekend, Eskom’s CEO André de Ruyter has said, while warning that the grid is still under pressure.
De Ruyter said this while addressing the media on Friday.
“Our dams are still looking very good. So, we’ve utilised our overnight excess generation capacity to augment our dams. Our diesel capacity is also looking solid at the moment. So, at this point in time, the outlook for the weekend is good. We don’t see any prospect for any load shedding for the weekend,” de Ruyter said as quoted by IOL.
The country has been subjected to load shedding for about two weeks, as Eskom struggled with ongoing generation capacity shortages, with the last power cuts suspended in the early hours of Friday morning.
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De Ruyter said that though there is no load shedding anticipated for the weekend Eskom’s generating units were still at risk with nearly 900 megawatts of power at high risk, according to EWN.
“There’s just under 900 megawatts at risk of an immediate trip. We believe that risk is manageable given the healthy state of our reserves – the dams are still looking very good, so we’ve utilised our overnight excess generating capacity to augment our dams and our diesel capacity is also looking solid at the moment,” the report quoted him as saying.
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