Eskom has reduced load shedding to stage 2 on Friday morning, having managed to return some generation capacity to service over the past 24-hours.
Eskom said that stage 2 load shedding will be implemented until 05:00 on Saturday.
“Over the past 24 hours, a unit each at the Koeberg, Medupi, Kriel, Kusile and Tutuka power stations have returned to service, helping to ease the current capacity constraints.”
Eskom added that a unit each at Majuba and Arnot power stations tripped while a single unit at Matla was forced to shut down.
Total breakdowns amount to 14,161MW, while planned maintenance is 5,449MW of capacity, it said.
Eskom issued a warning that in a summer load shedding forecast for 2021/2022, that its system is likely to remain severely constrained for the near future.
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— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) October 28, 2021
Loadshedding will be reduced to Stage 3 from 21:00 on Thursday until 05:00 on Friday; thereafter Stage 2 loadshedding will be implemented as previously
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Sources: BusinessTech, MSN
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