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While the power system remains constrained there should be no load-shedding if there are no faults in the system, power utility Eskom said. “The power system remains constrained this week and will remain so for the rest of this summer. Any extra load or faults in the system may necessitate the need to go into load shedding. “It remains important for all customers in the commercial, industrial and residential sectors to maintain or achieve 10% electricity savings,” the utility said on … [Read more...] about Eskom – ‘There should be no load-shedding’

The power system is expected to remain very tight over the next few days, with Eskom doing all it can to avoid load shedding. “The system is expected to remain very tight over the next few days. While Eskom will do its best to avoid load shedding, customers can make the biggest impact by reducing their usage throughout the day, including weekends,” said the power utility on Monday. During this past weekend, most South Africans experienced load shedding. The weekend was used to restore … [Read more...] about Eskom ask us to Live Lightly

This weekend will see a very high risk of load shedding as the power system remains constrained, says Eskom. “There is a very high risk of load shedding over the weekend. A portion of the capacity normally imported from Cahora Bassa [in Mozambique] will be unavailable on Sunday as the plant undergoes urgent planned maintenance,” said Eskom on Thursday. The weekend will also be used to build up water reserves for the pumped storage schemes that use water to generate electricity. “We … [Read more...] about Oh well – looks like candles and braais this weekend

South Africa’s power system is expected to be tight for the next few days, says Eskom. “The system is expected to be very tight over the evening peaks for the next few days. However, the risk of load shedding is medium to low. This is owing to steady progress made in building reserves over the weekend to limit the risk of load shedding this week,” said the power utility in its system status bulletin on Monday. The utility said, however, that the risk for load-shedding will increase later … [Read more...] about Power supply expected to be ‘tight’

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality received a call from Eskom at 13:00 today (Friday, 21 November 2014) to implement load shedding. The Municipality began load shedding in terms of the schedule - Group 3 (Uitenhage, Summerstrand, South End) was switched off at 13:15;  they will be switched back on between 14:00 and 14:30;  Group 4 will be switched off at 14:00;  and the rest of the groups will be shed in accordance with the schedule which is available on the NMBM website … [Read more...] about And load shedding begins

The power system is expected to be tight due to the nippy and cloudy weather conditions, says Eskom. “The system is expected to be tight over the evening peaks for the next few days as a result of the continued nippy and cloudy weather conditions which are forecasted for the next few days as well as the loss of additional units at our power stations as a result of technical faults,” said Eskom. In its system status bulletin the power utility said that generating capacity at the Majuba … [Read more...] about Will E or Won’t E?

While progress to recover capacity at the Majuba power station continues, Eskom is hopeful that no load-shedding will be needed for the rest of this week. In a statement on Tuesday, the power utility said its team at Majuba was working around the clock to recover capacity with their efforts already having spared the country from load-shedding on Monday and Tuesday. The country experienced rolling blackouts at the weekend after one of the silos at the Majuba, which is located in Mpumalanga, … [Read more...] about Hope for no load-shedding this week

No load-shedding is anticipated for today, power utility Eskom said on Monday. “Eskom is not load shedding today and does not anticipate that there will be any load shedding tomorrow as additional units have been returned from maintenance,” it said in a statement. This as the country experienced rolling blackouts at the weekend after one of the silos at the Majuba power station in Mpumalanga cracked and later collapsed on Saturday. The silo had housed over 10 000 tons of coal. Work at … [Read more...] about No Load Shedding expected today

Power utility Eskom said that the power system is projected to be severely constrained due to the loss of 1 800 MW at the Majuba power station on Saturday. According to Eskom, the loss at the Majuba power station was caused by damage to the central coal storage silo. As a result, Eskom started implementing stage 1 of rotational load shedding on Sunday 2 November from 08:00 until 22:00 according to the published load shedding schedules available at http://loadshedding.eskom.co.za/. A … [Read more...] about Load Shedding

Eskom has declared the expected “System Emergency”, we will be loadshedding in the evening Peak between 5pm and 8pm this evening according to the schedules. They are currently moving to Stage one but this could easily deteriorate into stage 2. … [Read more...] about The on again off again load shedding warnings continue

Following Wednesday's electricity cuts, the power system is expected to remain tight on Thursday evening, says Eskom. At around 5:30pm on Wednesday, two units at Duvha and Kendal power stations tripped and a portion of the capacity normally imported from Cahora Bassa became unavailable. "As a result, a reduction in electricity demand was required between 6pm and 8pm in order to balance the electricity system, which was implemented according to Eskom's load shedding schedule," said the … [Read more...] about Electicity supply will remain tight today