While loadshedding remains suspended for almost 200 consecutive days, load reduction continues in parts of the Western Cape in a bid to combat illegal connections and electricity theft burden transformer loads, reports Cape {town} Etc.
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According to Eskom, the implementation of load reduction in high-risk areas across the country during morning and evening peak hours aims to prevent equipment damage and safety risks caused by illegal connections, overloading and electricity theft and vandalism, which adds pressure to its infrastructure.
Morning peak hours run from 5am to 9am and evening peak hours run from 5pm to 10pm and load reduction is implemented on a rotational basis between 5am to 7am and 5pm to 7pm.
Load reduction schedules can be accessed via Eskom’s website here.
Illegal connections and electricity theft burden transformer load.
While loadshedding remains suspended, Eskom implements load reduction during the morning and evening peak hours to avoid equipment damage. #LoadRreduction schedules: https://t.co/MQXASAl5xL.
— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) October 6, 2024
As of Friday, 4 October, the power station announced in a statement that it had achieved R11.51 billion in diesel savings year-on-year, thanks to its Generation Operational Recovery Plan.
At the time, Eskom’s available generation capacity stood at 30 725MW, with a total of approximately 4 430MW of generation capacity scheduled to return to service today.
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