Cape Town – Eskom has reportedly warned that load shedding may be intensified to Stage 4 from stages 2 and 3 in the week.
The power utility announced over the weekend that it would implement Stage 3 load shedding on Monday and Tuesday from 17:00 to 22:00. Thereafter, load shedding would be reduced to Stage 2 for the rest of the week at the same times.
However, during a media briefing on Monday, Eskom’s CEO Andre de Ruyter and COO Jan Oberholzer warned of increased stages of load shedding for a longer period during the days of the week, according to IOL.
“The outlook currently is that we will implement load shedding Stage 3 today and tomorrow and Stage 2 on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. But, load shedding may be increased from Stage 3 to Stage 4. We are still going to be burning a lot of diesel and may be forced to implement load shedding throughout the day and not just in the evenings,” the report quoted Oberholzer as saying.
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Over the weekend Eskom saw eight generators suffer breakdowns on a unit each at Tutuka, Camden and Majuba power stations, EWN reported.
“On Saturday, eight of our generators suffered breakdowns – Lethabo 3 and 6, Majuba 1 and 4, Tutuka 4, Camden 1, Hendrina 2 as well as Arnot 1. Of those, only Majuba 1 has returned successfully to the grid,” the report quoted Oberholzer as saying.
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Compiled by Sinothando Siyolo
