Cape Town – Eskom has announced that stage 2 load shedding is set to be implemented from 21:00 on Monday to 05:00 on Wednesday.
“This load shedding is required in order for Eskom to replenish the emergency generation reserves, which have been utilised significantly since the past weekend,” Eskom said in a statement.
It continued: “Since this morning, a unit each at the Matla, Kendal, Matimba, Kusile and Grootvlei power stations tripped, while a unit each at Arnot and Handrina power stations were forced shut down. 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”.
The power utility appealed to South Africans to help reduce the usage of electricity by switching off non-essential items.
Due to multiple unit failures, Stage 2 loadshedding will be implemented from 21:00 tonight to 05:00 on Tuesday, and be repeated from 21:00 on Tuesday night until 05:00
on Wednesday pic.twitter.com/6Wnhub9WGn— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) March 7, 2022
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