Load-shedding to ease to stage 3 on Thursday night
Stage 3 will run until 5am on Friday and thereafter stage 2 will continue until 5am on Monday
10 March 2022 - 15:35
by Staff Writer
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Eskom is reducing load-shedding to stage 3 from 9pm on Thursday, saying it has regained some generating capacity.
Stage 3 will run until 5am on Friday and thereafter stage 2 will continue through the weekend until 5am on Monday.
“The emergency generation reserves have sufficiently improved to permit a reduction in the stage of load-shedding,” said the power utility.
“A generation unit each at Matla, Medupi, Kusile and Camden power stations have returned to service while a unit each at Matla, Lethabo and Arnot power stations were taken offline for repairs during the same period. Two other units are expected to return to service today [Thursday] while another five generation units are expected to be back in service by Monday afternoon.”
Total breakdowns amount to 13,942MW while planned maintenance is 7,136MW of capacity.
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Load-shedding to ease to stage 3 on Thursday night
Stage 3 will run until 5am on Friday and thereafter stage 2 will continue until 5am on Monday
Eskom is reducing load-shedding to stage 3 from 9pm on Thursday, saying it has regained some generating capacity.
Stage 3 will run until 5am on Friday and thereafter stage 2 will continue through the weekend until 5am on Monday.
“The emergency generation reserves have sufficiently improved to permit a reduction in the stage of load-shedding,” said the power utility.
“A generation unit each at Matla, Medupi, Kusile and Camden power stations have returned to service while a unit each at Matla, Lethabo and Arnot power stations were taken offline for repairs during the same period. Two other units are expected to return to service today [Thursday] while another five generation units are expected to be back in service by Monday afternoon.”
Total breakdowns amount to 13,942MW while planned maintenance is 7,136MW of capacity.
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