Eskom released a last minute announcement on Thursday stating that they might be “forced to implement loadshedding at short notice” due to capacity losses.
A unit each at the Tutuka, Medupi and Majuba power stations have tripped since this morning, while a unit at Lethabo has been taken offline to repair a boiler tube leak.
“While the system is currently performing relatively well, with no load shedding being implemented, a further loss of generation capacity would force Eskom to implement load shedding at short notice in order to protect the integrity of the system, particularly between 18:00 and 21:00 this evening.”
Eskom is working to repair these systems starting tonight.
Read the full statement here.
Eskom may be forced to implement loadshedding at short notice should further generating capacity losses occur@SABCNews@eNCA @ewnupdates @News24 @Newzroom405 @TimesLIVE @IOL @Moneyweb @EngNewsZA @SowetanLIVE @mailandguardian @TheSAnews pic.twitter.com/Mxdg1SKPJo
— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) August 19, 2021
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