Eskom chief executive, André de Ruyter, has dismissed any suggestion that the South African power grid is in immediate danger of a total system blackout.
This as the power utility was forced to implement stage four load shedding on Tuesday following significant breakdowns at six generation units at power stations across the country.
“We have this tool at our disposal. We have significant buffer capacity in the load shedding system before we approximate even close to a total system blackout. We are currently sitting at Stage 4, the load shedding system provides for a further reduction in load as low Stage 8. We still do have headroom in the system to allow us to avoid a total blackout.
De Ruyter emphasised that in the “highly unlikely” event that a total blackout does occur, the power supplier has the capability to restart the grid. The chief executive acknowledged that Eskom is in need of additional generation capacity and said the power utility is doing all it can in this regard.
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