Daytime load-shedding will be maintained at Stage 2 during 05:00 – 16:00 until further notice. Eskom will publish a further update as soon as there are any significant changes.

The continued implementation of load-shedding is mainly due to the high levels of breakdowns and the limited emergency generation reserves.

Since Wednesday afternoon, a generating unit each at Grootvlei, Kendal and Tutuka Power Stations has been taken offline for repairs. Four units at Camden Power Station have also been taken offline to repair a water leak on a line that supplies auxiliary cooling water.

A generating unit at Hendrina Power Station was returned to service.

Three units at Kusile Power Station are offline due to the duct's (chimney structure's) failure late in October and will remain offline for a few months while repairs to the chimney system take place. Unit 1 of Koeberg Nuclear Power Station will continue to generate at a reduced output over the next three weeks as the fuel is ramped down ahead of the refuelling and maintenance outage scheduled to commence in December 2022.

Eskom currently has 6000MW on planned maintenance, while another 14 160MW of capacity is unavailable due to breakdowns.

Load-shedding is implemented only as a last resort in view of the shortage of generation capacity and the need to attend to breakdowns.

Statement