Stage 2 loadshedding continues at 09:00 on Saturday morning
Eskom has managed to reduce plant breakdowns to 2 350MW but loadshedding remains in place to recuperate reserves.
Eskom has managed to reduce plant breakdowns to 2 350MW but loadshedding remains in place to recuperate reserves.
Loadshedding will run through until 22:00 on Friday thanks to the loss of 3 000MW of generation capacity.
There are a total of five generation units offline as of Friday morning.
An Eskom spokesperson has said there is a high probability of loadshedding being implemented between 17:00 and 21:00 starting from today.
Demand has dropped by an average of 7 500MW since lockdown started largely due to major industries being closed.
Eskom says that Koeberg Unit 1 should be repaired by the weekend and expects loadshedding at Stage 4 to continue for the foreseeable future.
Following a night of Stage 2 loadshedding, power cuts ramp up from 09:00.
There is no word on when it will be downgraded again.
Eskom has said delays prevent units from returning to the grid necessitating an increase to Stage 2 loadshedding.
There’s a week with power struggles ahead for South Africans.
While Eskom doesn’t expect to implement loadshedding, the possibility of it has increased on Monday morning.
The startup has a solution for customers when they get hit by unexpected loadshedding.