Eskom announces stage 4 load shedding

Eskom announced Stage 4 rolling blackouts will begin at 9am on Wednesday. The utility said this is due to further breakdowns.

Power cuts will move to Stage 2 from Friday morning until Monday.

Regrettably #loadshedding will move to #Stage4 as of 9am, today, due to further break downs.

Detailed statement to follow

— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) March 9, 2022

The power utility implemented stage 2 load-shedding on Monday.

The utility said then that a unit each at the Matla, Kendal, Matimba, Kusile and Grootvlei power stations had tripped, while a unit each at Arnot and Hendrina power stations were forced to shut down.

Eskom said on Wednesday that four units had been returned to service, but still need to ramp up to full output. There had also been four days of extremely high diesel usage, which depleted emergency reserves.

Source: eNCA

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