Load shedding for SATURDAY: Here’s the UPDATED schedule Images: Stock/Canva
SHOCKING NEWS: Stage 7 load shedding around the corner – analyst
In this new feature, we bring you the latest news around the future of electricity (or lack thereof) in South Africa. The latest story sees the potential of Stage 7 – and even Stage 8 load shedding in 2023.
Load shedding for SATURDAY: Here’s the UPDATED schedule Images: Stock/Canva
In this new feature, we bring you the latest news around the future of electricity (or lack thereof) in South Africa. The latest story sees the potential of Stage 7 load shedding in 2023.
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South Africans can expect to experience Stage 7 load shedding in 2023, according to BusinessTech.
In fact, Stage 8 is looking likely based on the recent SHOCKING state of affairs at Eskom.
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SA HEADING FOR STAGE 7 LOAD SHEDDING IN 2023
As things stand, SA is on route to experience even worse load shedding this year – with Stage 7 forecast for the second half of the year.
“We forecast stage 7 load shedding in July, on average – the peak may be higher – with stage 6 (average) in February,” stated Intellidex analysts Peter Attard Montalto.
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Initially, there was serious concerns over a potential move to Stage 7 in December 2022 after Eskom took unit 1 of the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station offline. This is one of our most reliable units because it produces close to 1000MW of power. Unit 1 will be offline until July this year while Unit 2, which also produces close to 1000MW, is expected to go offline in October this year. Unfortunately, the bad news does not stop here.
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Even if everything works out according to plan, South Africa will be short 1,000MW throughout 2023.
This is made far worse by the fact that 3,000MW will be offline until 2024 after critical failures occurred at the Medupi and Kusile power stations.
Furthermore, Eskom faces major diesel issues having spent over double it’s proposed budget in 2022 (on Diesel alone). However, that’s not all. Major infrastructure has been damaged as a result of the mass blackouts experienced throughout the country causing even more outages.
Therefore, South Africans can expect to experience frequent load shedding in 2023 with a strong possibility of entering stage 7 in the second half of the year.
