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Eskom: Eskom is currently not loadshedding, however the system remains tight


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Eskom: Eskom is currently not loadshedding, however the system remains tight

Eskom: Eskom is currently not loadshedding, however the system remains tight
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19th November 2018

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Eskom is currently not loadshedding, however the system remains tight with a low possibility of loadshedding today and for the rest of week. We will keep our customers informed if there are any changes to the system.
 
Eskom would like to thank its customers for assisting in keeping the power system stable by reducing their energy usage yesterday when it implemented stage 1 loadshedding. Our customers’ response enabled us to increase our emergency reserves earlier than projected and we could therefore stop loadshedding at 19:00 instead of 22:00.
 
The wider context for the tight system performance is that our generation system currently faces operational challenges, which include deterioration of coal fired power stations, 10 stations with less than 20 coal stock days as per grid code requirement resulting in increased utilisation of emergency resources including open cycle gas turbines (OCGTs). The performance of our generation system is below desired levels thus raising the risk of loadshedding for the remainder of 2018.
 
Eskom Group Chief Executive Phakamani Hadebe says, “A 9-point recovery plan has been put in place to address our key operational challenges and these include fixing new plant, fixing full load losses and trips, fixing units on long-term forced outages, partial losses and Boiler tube leaks, fixing outage duration and slips, fixing human capital, prepare for increased OCGT usage, prepare for rain and fixing coal stock piles.”
 
We encourage residents and businesses to please use electricity sparingly to ease the demand for electricity. Please switch off geysers as well as all non-essential lighting and electricity appliances to assist in reducing demand.
 
Customers are advised to keep checking their load shedding schedules on the Eskom or municipal website, and plan on the assumption that load shedding will take place.
 
For Eskom customers, these schedules are available on the Eskom website (http://loadshedding.eskom.co.za). Eskom customers can also contact our customer contact centre at 0860 037 566.
 
Eskom will provide regular updates on the status of the power system through all the media platforms.
 
Thank you to all customers for your co-operation and understanding.
 
 

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