Eskom halts load-shedding ahead of schedule as capacity recovers
Eskom halts load-shedding ahead of schedule as capacity recovers
06 February 2022 - 22:41
byNivashni Nair
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Prior to Sunday's announcement, stage 1 was expected to end at 5am on Monday. Image: Bloomberg
Eskom suspended load-shedding at 9pm on Sunday.
The power utility tweeted that it was pleased to announce that load-shedding would be suspended due to sufficient recovery in generation capacity.
Eskom is pleased to announce that #Loadshedding will be suspended from 21:00 tonight due to sufficient recovery in generation capacity. A statement will follow shortly.
On Friday, after “an improvement in the generation capacity, together with the traditionally reduced weekend demand”, load-shedding was reduced to stage 1.
Before Sunday’s announcement, stage 1 was expected to end at 5am on Monday.
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Eskom halts load-shedding ahead of schedule as capacity recovers
Eskom halts load-shedding ahead of schedule as capacity recovers
Image: Bloomberg
Eskom suspended load-shedding at 9pm on Sunday.
The power utility tweeted that it was pleased to announce that load-shedding would be suspended due to sufficient recovery in generation capacity.
On Friday, after “an improvement in the generation capacity, together with the traditionally reduced weekend demand”, load-shedding was reduced to stage 1.
Before Sunday’s announcement, stage 1 was expected to end at 5am on Monday.
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