Generating unit breakdowns force Eskom to ramp up power cuts to stage 5
Eskom has implemented stage 5 power cuts on Thursday morning and will do so for the next 48 hours until 5am on Saturday morning.
The power utility said there’d been a further breakdown of a generation unit each at the Camden, Kendal, Lethabo, and Majuba power stations.
Spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha: “During the same time, the return to service of a generating unit each at Matla and Tutuka power stations have been delayed. Two units at Kriel, a unit each at Majuba and Tutuka power stations have been returned to service. Planned maintenance is 6,462 megawatts while breakdowns currently amount to 15,977 megawatts of capacity.”
Stage 4 power cuts will then be implemented from 5 am on Saturday morning until 4 pm in the afternoon where stage 5 power cuts will make a return from then until 5 am on Sunday morning.
Stages 4 and 5 loadshedding will be implemented from 05:00 on Thursday morning until Sunday
afternoon. pic.twitter.com/68dMRmTJ7D— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) January 25, 2023
Eskom said that the cycle of stage 4 and 5 rolling blackouts would be repeated on Sunday until it published further updates in the event of any significant change to the system.
The continued power cuts have had a detrimental effect on homes and businesses, while the country’s water system has also taken a huge knock amid the high temperatures.
The sweltering heat resulted in the deaths of seven farmworkers in the Northern Cape last week.
-EWN
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