South Africa
Stage 3 load-shedding returns this week─── 05:14 Mon, 27 Feb 2023
Eskom has announced that stage 4 load-shedding will continue until 16:00 on Monday, after which stage 5 load-shedding will continue from 16:00 until 05:00 on Tuesday.
Load-shedding will then be reduced to stage 3 from 05:00 to 16:00 on both Tuesday and Wednesday, while stage 4 will be implemented from 16:00 to 05:00 on both Tuesday and Wednesday. Eskom says it will publish an update as soon as any significant changes occur.
Over the past 24 hours, a generating unit each at the Arnot, Grootvlei, Kendal, Medupi and Tutuka power stations was returned to service. Breakdowns at a unit each at Camden, Majuba and Matimba power stations caused units to be taken offline for repairs.
The delay in returning a unit each to service at Arnot, Hendrina, Kendal, Medupi and Tutuka power stations is contributing to the current capacity constraints.
Further, electricity imports from the Cahora Bassa hydro scheme in Mozambique have been halved to 600MW due to a tower failure on one of the lines from that country.
Four open cycle gas turbines at Ankerlig power station are out of service until 15 March 2023 for planned maintenance.
Breakdowns currently amount to 16 870MW of generating capacity, while 4 757MW of generating capacity is out of service for planned maintenance.
