Eskom has announced that loadshedding will be reduced to Stage 1 from 9pm tonight until 5am on Monday, 7 February as good progress has been achieved in recovering generation capacity.
Eskom will continue to evaluate the system and make the necessary adjustments as soon as conditions allow them to do so.
Loadshedding will be reduced to Stage 1 from 21:00 tonight until 05:00 on Monday as good progress has been achieved in recovering generation capacity@SABCNews @eNCA @Newzroom405 @News24 @IOL @ewnupdates pic.twitter.com/wcRKwtbctK
— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) February 4, 2022
Since yesterday evening, a generating unit at the Kusile Power Station was returned to service while a unit at the Hendrina Power Station was shut down to repair a boiler tube leak. A unit each Duvha, Kriel and Hendrina power stations were taken offline for planned maintenance.
Total breakdowns amount to 13 277MW while planned maintenance is 6 728MW of capacity as they continue with the reliability maintenance.
Eskom appeals to all South Africans to help limit the impact of loadshedding by reducing the usage of electricity and to switch off non-essential items.
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