Load shedding
Heads up! Eskom warns it might implement load shedding at short notice
The utility said two generation units have been forced to shut down over the past 24 hours adding to those on maintenance and currently on the breakdown.
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Eskom denies ramping up load shedding to stage 6 without telling public
Energy expert Ted Blom accused the power utility of shedding more than 5,000 megawatts during stage 4 load shedding.
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eThekwini devises plan to ease effect of load shedding on local economy
Ethekwini acting city manager Sipho Cele said 70% of the fuel for the country comes from the two refineries in the south Durban basin and preferential load shedding will ensure that systems such as these are not interrupted.
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Critical but stable – No weekend power cuts but Eskom warns system is vulnerable
Eskom spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha said while the utility could maintain the current capacity to supply electricity, it may have to turn your power off should there be any significant breakdowns to its infrastructure.
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No power cuts planned but Eskom warns of breakdown risks
Four of its generating units at the Medupi power station have returned to service after a conveyor belt used to move coal broke down.
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No load shedding on Friday, but use power sparingly - says Eskom
The utility has managed to stave-off rolling blackouts after it warned of possible stage 2 load shedding at short notice due to a faulty conveyor belt at its Medupi power station which failed last night.
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Eskom's Oberholzer: Power supply on a knife's edge
The utility is warning that it could implement stage two load shedding if the situation doesn't improve.
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Load shedding risk now higher after conveyor belt breakdown at Medupi
Eskom said that four generating units had been impacted, putting further strain on the system for the next 24 hours.
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No load shedding today but Eskom warns SA to use electricity sparingly
Eskom said that it was not planning to implement load shedding on Thursday but it would be rolling out 'load reduction' in Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and the Free State.
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Eskom says while no load shedding's planned for Thursday, the risk is still high
The utility has managed to stave off rolling blackout for two days now but said any deterioration in generation performance could lead to the implementation of load shedding at short notice.
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With four generating units back, Eskom to start load shedding from 4pm today
The utility said that it had managed to return four generating units to sevice and was able to avoid load shedding until this afternoon.
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On…now off again – Eskom suspends load shedding on Tuesday
Earlier Eskom implemented stage 1 load shedding from 4 pm on Tuesday, and it was expected to last until 10 pm – this after the utility managed to return more generation units back to service.
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Load shedding returns – power cuts resume from 4 pm on Tuesday
Eskom managed to suspend load shedding until Tuesday afternoon after returning more generation units back to service.
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Eskom suspends power cuts until 4pm as more generating units back online
However, it now says that stage one load shedding will only kick in this afternoon.
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Eskom warns power system still vulnerable ahead of power cuts today
The country will have to put up with stage one blackouts until 4pm and after that, stage two will kick in ahead of the evening peak.
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Eskom escalates load shedding to stage 2
The utility said level one load shedding would then resume at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning.
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Stage 1 power cuts to start at 8am today; stage 2 during evening peak
The utility is warning that the frustrating and costly deliberate outages are likely to repeat the same pattern on Tuesday and on Wednesday.
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Eskom scales down load shedding to stage 1
South Africans had been saddled with stage 2 power cuts since Friday after the power utility experienced multiple breakdowns of its generation units.
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CEO De Ruyter: No political interference at Eskom
Eskom CEO André de Ruyter said government had given its full support to turn around the power utility, but that the old narrative of political interference didn’t apply.
