Eskom announces increased power cuts as 2,272MW goes offline

Eskom has announced that it will implement an alternating schedule of stage 2 and stage 4 rotational power cuts from Wednesday, 6 March 2024.This will increase to stage 4 from 20:00 until 05:00, followed by stage 2 between 05:00 and 20:00 on Thursday.

“This alternating pattern will be implemented until further notice because of the delay to return to service three generating units and the need to replenish emergency reserves,” Eskom said. Eskom said breakdowns accounted for 16,193MW of generating capacity, while planned maintenance has reduced to 6,171MW .It had also anticipated that it could return 2,560MW of generating capacity to service by Monday. On Sunday, this had changed to returning 2,200MW by Wednesday.“Eskom Power Station General Managers and their teams continue to work diligently to ensure that additional generating capacity is recovered,” the power utility stated.

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