Power utility Eskom says that stage 4 load shedding will be extended to Sunday, following more breakdowns at its power stations.
Breakdowns of a generating unit each at Kriel, Majuba and Tutuka power stations over the past 24 hours have necessitated the continuation of load shedding at stage 4.Thereafter load shedding will be implemented at Stage 3 until 05h00 on Monday.
“While some generation units are anticipated to return to service next week, it is necessary to extend the load shedding to replenish the emergency generation reserves, which have been depleted by extensive utilisation to limit the amount of load shedding over the past two weeks.” Speaking to the media on Monday , Eskom chief operating officer Jan Oberholzer said that the Eskom grid is extremely vulnerable to breakdowns and that any load shedding schedules are subject to change at short notice.
He said that as soon as some units are returned to operation following maintenance, they break down again soon after. He attributed the maintenance problems to a lack of appropriate skills and experience needed to address the issues.
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