Eskom is lying, they’ve already implemented stage 5, says energy expert

Blom told eNCA that Eskom has already implemented stage 5 and they are “lying” by claiming otherwise.

“Eskom is lying to us, they said yesterday at their press briefing with their minister in the room that on Monday they dropped 4,900 megawatts now if you follow the definitions… that’s stage 5. That’s why everybody is complaining… they have lost control of the system… they are lying”, said Blom.Despite Blom’s assertion that Eskom is lying, load shedding has never gone to stage 5 before, although at 4,000 megawatts, it has come close. Stage five would be 5,000 megawatts and above.

In an apparent correction following yesterday’s press conference, the utility put out a statement in an attempt to reassure South Africa that load shedding was not about to get worse, saying it was probable that it would, in fact, become less severe in coming days. The utility said in a statement on Tuesday evening that Gordhan had merely been answering a question about what could happen beyond stage 4 load shedding, and his response was then reported as evidence that worse stages are being planned for and could in fact even be upon us.

However, Eskom said this wasn’t the case, and Gordhan’s explanation was merely meant to indicate that the utility would be able to keep the grid alive even if its generating capacity got worse .

Source: Energy Industry News (energyindustrynews.net)

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