Cape Town – South African power utility says stage 4 load shedding will remain in place until 16:00 on Monday and thereafter, enter into stage 5 from 16:00 until 05:00 on Tuesday.
The power utility said load shedding will gradually be reduced to stage 3 during the course of the week.
“Stage 5 load shedding will be implemented at 4pm – 5am on Tuesday morning,” Eskom said in a statement on Sunday.
“Load shedding will then be reduced to Stage 3 at 5am – 4pm on both Tuesday and Wednesday, while Stage 4 will be implemented during 4pm– 5am on both Tuesday and Wednesday.
This is after Eskom managed to return the service of five generating units over the weekend.
Loadshedding will be gradually reduced to Stage 3 during the course of the week pic.twitter.com/BuOGNuw07T
— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) February 26, 2023
“Over the past 24 hours, a generation unit each at the Arnot, Grootvlei, Kendal, Medupi and Tutuka power stations were returned to service. Breakdowns at a unit each at Camden, Majuba and Matimba power stations caused units to be taken off-line for repairs.
“The delay in returning a unit each to service at Arnot, Hendrina, Kendal, Medupi and Tutuka power stations are contributing to the current capacity constraints. Further, electricity imports from the Cahora Bassa Hydro Scheme in Mozambique have been halved to 600MW due to a tower failure on one of the lines from that country,” read the statement.
Four open cycle gas turbines at Ankerlig peaking station are out of service for planned maintenance until March 15.
Breakdowns amount to 16 870MW of generating capacity while 4 757MW of generating capacity is out of service for planned maintenance, said the power utility.
Eskom said it will publish another update as soon as any significant changes occur.
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Compiled by Olwethu Mpeshe
