Load shedding will move from stage 3 to stage 4 by midday on Saturday, Eskom announced.
"Due to the loss of an additional 900 MW from the Mozambique imports, load-shedding will move up to stage 4 from 12 noon," the power utility said in a statement.“Eskom regrets that rotational load-shedding has moved up to stage 3 from 10am, due to the loss of additional power station units, which includes a reduction in imports from Mozambique,” Eskom said.
However just after 10am the power utility alerted consumers via Twitter that due to a loss of additional capacity, including imports from Mozambique, load shedding would be kicked up to stage 3. On Thursday, Eskom said it would cut electricity after a unit at its faulty Kusile power station tripped, adding to a shortfall of generating capacity.
Kusile is one of two new multi-billion rand power stations which have suffered massive cost overruns and technical problems.
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