The power utility said in a statement on Thursday the heightened levels of power cuts were needed after losing four generation units.Eskom did not disclose at which power stations the generating units had gone offline.
The increased load-shedding comes after Eskom confirmed a limited load-shedding timetable yesterday evening. It had intended to load-shed between 16:00 in the afternoon and 05:00 the following day for the foreseeable future.However, following the announcement, Eskom’s evening peak statisticsEskom’s statistics for Wednesday’s evening peak, which occurred at 18:29, showed demand of 28,848MW and available generating capacity of 27,506MW.
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