‘Brace to be load-shed three or four times daily’: City Power on stage 6

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After Eskom's announcement of load-shedding possibly being escalated to stage 6 on Tuesday evening, City Power Johannesburg says it is not ready.

“We were at around 5,000 [calls] last night due to multiple faults caused by load-shedding. We are trying everything, including beefing up resources in our service delivery centres with more operators added to ensure we respond in time, with limited delays during restorations,” Mangena said.

“We do not, for safety reasons, do planned maintenance during load-shedding. So the longer it drags on, the more problems we will have in future with unmaintained infrastructure. “With Eskom’s unprotected strike seemingly far from over, we are preparing for the worst as City Power, with stage 6 or even 8 punted if no solution is found soon.”The City of Cape Town said it would try to mitigate the impact of stage 6 load-shedding, if it was implemented, as much as possible by using its reserves, primarily garnered via the use of the Steenbras hydro pumped storage scheme.

Cape Town’s MMC for energy, Beverley van Reenen, said: “Customers can help by reducing power use, especially in the evening and mornings. Flatten the peak by delaying the use of electrical appliances to non-peak times and switching off non-essential electrical appliances. “Geysers use the bulk of household energy and reducing the temperature of the geyser to 60ºC or making sure the geyser is on a timer and only active for an hour or two per day is a crucial step to reduce energy use and make sure we are able to build some reserves.”

 

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Very soon, it won’t be surprising if we’re told there won’t be electricity for a week,

So who is fooling who here,South Africa,,,,,,,,,,,,,

I do not understand how CityPowerJhb can openly flaunt the fact that there is no maintenance being done!? WTF are we paying you for?

😂😂😂 Not ready

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