Eskom says load shedding will continue to be implemented at Stage 3 until 4pm on Tuesday, Stage 4 load shedding from 4pm on Wednesday and Stage 5 from Thursday afternoon.
POWER utility Eskom says load shedding will continue to be implemented at Stage 3 until 4pm on Tuesday and, thereafter, Stage 4 from 4pm on Wednesday and Stage 5 will be implemented on Thursday.
The power utility said a generating unit each at Camden, Kriel, Matla and Matimba power stations, had returned to service in the past 24 hours.
They blamed the heightened load shedding on breakdowns of a unit each at Duvha, Lethabo, Majuba and Tutuka power stations.
Eskom said these units had to be taken offline for repairs.
“The delay in returning a unit each to service at Arnot, Camden, Duvha and Kendal power stations are contributing to the current capacity constraints,” Eskom said in a statement.
Eskom further said breakdowns currently amounted to 19,031MW of generating capacity while 4,174MW of generating capacity was out of service for planned maintenance.
Eskom said it would publish another update as soon as any significant changes occur.
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