Eskom, South Africa’s primary electricity supplier, has implemented a load shedding schedule to manage the strain on the national power grid. Photo by GUILLEM SARTORIO / AFP
Eskom has declared the suspension of load shedding until Sunday due to sufficient emergency generation reserves.
Eskom, South Africa’s primary electricity supplier, has implemented a load shedding schedule to manage the strain on the national power grid. Photo by GUILLEM SARTORIO / AFP
Eskom has declared the suspension of load shedding until Sunday due to sufficient emergency generation reserves.
The power utility said in a tweet that the move is due to lower demand in the country.
“Due to sufficient generation capacity including emergency reserves, expected units to be returned to service as well as anticipated lower demand into the weekend, loadshedding will remain suspended until 16:00 on Sunday,” said Eskom.
Eskom pleaded with the public to switch off non-essential appliances to reduce the demand, especially between 17:00 and 21:00.
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Load shedding is SUSPENDED.
With the emergency reserves fully replenished, Stage 1 loadshedding will be implemented from 22:00 tonight until 05:00 on Thursday. Thereafter, loadshedding will be suspended until 16:00, from which time Stage 2 loadshedding resumes until 05:00 on Friday.
Eskom is a South African electricity public utility. It was established in 1923 as the Electricity Supply Commission.
The utility is the largest producer of electricity in Africa and was among the top utilities in the world in terms of generation capacity and sales.
It is the largest of South Africa’s state-owned enterprises.
Eskom operates a number of notable power stations, including Matimba Power Stations and Medupi Power Station in Lephalale, Kusile Power Station in Witbank, Kendal Power Station in Mpumalanga, and Koeberg Nuclear Power Station in the Western Cape, the only nuclear power plant in Africa.
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