Eskom announced that Stage 4 load-shedding will be implemented from 09:00 this morning (March 9) to 05:00 on Friday morning (March 11).
Power cuts are expected until Friday while the utility relies on emergency reserves.
“This being the fourth day of extremely high diesel usage, the emergency reserves are being depleted faster than can be replenished. Eskom said that although it had restored four units to service, there was still a need to “ramp up to full output”, which required reliance on emergency generation reserves. Eskom “regrettably” announced early on Wednesday that it would move to stage four load-shedding from 9am, which is set to continue until 5am on Friday — the result of additional generation units failing.
It's bad news to start this Wednesday: Eskom will escalate load shedding to stage 4 at 9am, suggesting a significant deterioration in its generating fleet.
This being the fourth day of extremely high diesel usage, the emergency reserves are being depleted faster than they can be replenished,” Eskom said. However, these units still need to ramp up to full output, which necessitates a high usage of emergency generation reserves today. The load shedding at stage 4 will last until at least 5am on Friday. Eskom said it needs to do this to manage emergency reserves.
Eskom has announced that Stage 4 load shedding will be implemented from 09:00 on Wednesday morning until 05:00 on Friday.
It that point Stage 2 load shedding was only supposed to be implemented from 21:00 on Monday night to 05:00 on Tuesday - and the same again on Tuesday night. "However, these units still need to ramp up to full output, which necessitates a high usage of emergency generation reserves today. Eskom has announced that Stage 4 load shedding will be implemented from 09:00 on Wednesday morning until 05:00 on Friday.
Eskom has announced that it will move to stage 4 load shedding at 09h00 on Wednesday (9 March) due to a further breakdown in units.
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In a statement released, the power utility said Stage 4 will be implemented until 5am on Friday in order to manage its emergency reserves. Story continues below ...
“Eskom would like to apologise for the implementation of load shedding, and will continuously review the situation and act appropriately as circumstances change. “Stage 4 load shedding will therefore give us the space required to replenish the emergency reserves and continue to manage the system safely. “It is with a great deal of disappointment that Eskom has to inform the public that further failures overnight of generation units has necessitated the implementation of Stage 4 load shedding starting at 9am this morning,” it said.