Although Eskom’s emergency diesel power plants are working overtime, and load curtailment is at its highest level, the power utility assures that it always has reserves to respond to multiple simultaneous breakdowns.
Eskom has managed to avoid Stage 7 load-shedding in recent days and weeks by implementing Stage 4 load-curtailment, Stage 6 power cuts, and burning diesel in 19 open-cycle gas turbines .that the state-owned power utility is simply avoiding officially announcing higher stages of load-shedding by taking load off the grid in other ways.
“These reserves are never compromised, and the stages of load-shedding and load-curtailment are implemented to ensure these reserves are maintained.”“In the event that a sudden trip of multiple generators occurs, beyond the reserve capability, there are automatic protection schemes in place to automatically reduce demand and normalise the power system,” Eskom said.
“This means the industrial customer must reduce all electricity consumption, apart from that which is required to make the plant safe.”
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