Eskom

Due to the breakdown of five generating units overnight, Stage 5 load shedding will regretfully be implemented until 5am on Monday.

Eskom says it could take 12 months before plan to end blackouts takes effect](/news/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/watch-another-year-of-load-shedding-eskom-says-it-could-take-12-months-before-plan-to-end-blackouts-takes-effect-24b791c8-a77d-5b1d-8488-47900323a3ab) This load shedding will be implemented until 5am on Monday,” said Eskom spokesperson, Sikonathi Mantshantsha. A unit each at Kusile, Arnot and Camden, as well as two units at Duvha power station tripped.

It says this is due to the tripping of generating units at Kusile and Kriel power stations. Stage 6 was implemented at 4am on Sunday. The escalation means the ...

Eskom increased load-shedding from stage 5 to stage 6 early Sunday morning without prior notification to the public after two more generation units tripped…

[after Eskom warned](https://mybroadband.co.za/news/energy/460964-stage-5-load-shedding-until-monday.html) it might have to implement higher stages of load-shedding “at short notice” on Saturday. It was unclear how much generating capacity the utility lost from the units’ tripping. [published a tweet](https://twitter.com/Eskom_SA/status/1571328907005120513) at 04:42 on Sunday, 18 September 2022, confirming that stage 6 had been implemented at about 04:16 AM, 26 minutes earlier.

[File Image] A shopkeeper waits for customers in his candlelit fast food store during a load shedding electricity blackout in Cape Town. Eskom says following ...

Following the tripping of a generation unit each at Kusile and Kriel power stations, Stage 6 loadshedding was implemented effective 04:16. Eskom spokesperson, Sikonathi Mantshantsha says, “Following the tripping of a generation unit each at Kusile and Kriel power stations, Stage 6 load shedding was implemented effective 04:16. We are tired of the empty promises from President Cyril Ramaphosa and Minister Pravin Gordhan.”

Eskom has announced that load shedding will continue at stage 5 until Monday morning (05:00) due to the breakdown of generating units overnight.

Eskom said that it will, through a media briefing on Sunday (18 September), provide the outlook of load shedding for the week ahead. “While some generation units are anticipated to return to service, it is necessary to escalate the load shedding to stop the use of the emergency generation reserves and begin the replenishment thereof ahead of the week.” Earlier this week, Eskom’s chief operating officer Jan Oberholzer said that the power grid is extremely vulnerable to breakdowns and that any load shedding schedules are subject to change at short notice. Load shedding was originally meant to be at stage 4 until Sunday (18 September) at 05h00 and stage 3 onwards until 05h00 on Monday, but this has subsequently changed. Eskom has announced that load shedding will continue at stage 5 until Monday morning (05h00) due to the breakdown of generating units overnight. The power utility said that the breakdown of five generating units over Friday night (16 September), with a combined capacity of 2,400 MW had necessitated the escalation of load shedding.

Eskom media briefing. Eskom briefs the media on system challenges on Sunday morning amid Stage 6 blackouts across South Africa. The country has faced another ...

Eskom has moved the country info stage 6 of load shedding following the tripping of a generation unit at both Kusile and Kriel power stations, Stage 6 load ...

This announcement was made during an emergency media briefing by Eskom group chief executive André de Ruyter on Sunday morning. He hopes to access about 1 000MW ...

Due to the logistics of transporting diesel by road, this was only expected to recover later in the coming week. The units are brought back to service, but some break down again. “It is all hands on deck to get this done.” According to Oberholzer the CFO Calib Cassim has made a further R550 million available despite Eskom’s liquidity problems. The expected peak evening demand was 26 399MW, which left a shortfall of 5 282MW. The diesel level at the other OCGT plant Gourikwa was at 85%.

South Africans woke up to the bad news that Eskom had implemented Stage 6 load shedding. It came into effect at 4.16am. On Saturday, Eskom announced Stage 5 ...

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Eskom's generation capacity is severely constrained, further hampering the ailing power utility's ability to keep the lights on.

It’s a mechanical problem that we need to fix to operate the plant safely. It tripped again the following day. He added: “Should you deplete your emergency reserves, and the system is in need of those, there is a catastrophe that will happen. The focus will be to ensure that our emergencies are protected,” Oberholzer said. “Tomorrow, we will be approaching the market to procure whatever megawatts are available on an urgent basis. We think we can get about 1000 MW from the available generation capacity. The system operator will ensure that at all times the integrity of the system is protected. “We have a challenge at Koeberg unit 2. Unit 2 at this power station has been taken off the grid due to a boiler tube leak. This is why we had to lift the stage of load shedding.” READ: Escalating power outages were a necessity to protect the integrity of the system, as open-cycle gas turbines as well as water at the pump storage facilities needed to be shut down as “our water is extremely low”, Oberholzer said.

Eskom CEO André de Ruyter said the utility had considered continuous load shedding and to "normalise" it at Stage 2, instead of introducing it when the ...

Meanwhile, Eskom doesn’t have the money to pay for diesel. Eskom had an urgent board meeting on Saturday, attended by Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan, to discuss the way forward. We are at a situation where we urgently need to replenish these reserves in order to maintain an adequate safety buffer." It will take some time for trucks to replenish the diesel. This way Eskom can reduce its reliance on diesel and save money, he said. According to the latest Central Energy Fund data, petrol prices may be on track for another cut in October – but diesel may still be hiked. In the end, however, Eskom decided against it, he said. Diesel prices have rocketed this year, and unlike petrol, shows little sign of cooling. On Sunday, Stage 6 load shedding hit South Africa. "We have debated [permanent load shedding] extensively internally. On Sunday, Eskom chief executive officer André de Ruyter said the utility had considered continuous load shedding and to "normalise" it at Stage 2, instead of introducing it when the power system faces a crunch. - Eskom had considered continuous load shedding and to "normalise" it at Stage 2.

Eskom has already blown R7.7-billion on buying diesel to keep the open cycle gas turbines (OCGTs) running – the budget for the entire year. Calib Cassim, the CFO, has scraped R500-million more from the budget to buy more, but it is likely to need a fiscal ...

In September 2015, Ramaphosa (then deputy president) said it would take 18 months and two years for the country to deal with its energy crisis. The warmer weather and the lower demand at the weekend show how perilous the grid is to demand Stage 6 cuts, adding to a maintenance backlog. Load shedding is a tool we use to avoid a system collapse. This test checks the entire system and how it would cope with a total collapse and a slow start-up. Calib Cassim, the CFO, has scraped R500-million more from the budget to buy more, but it is likely to need a fiscal injection from National Treasury. “We are doing our level best to avoid a system breakdown. Eskom has already blown R7.7-billion on buying diesel to keep the open cycle gas turbines (OCGTs) running – the budget for the entire year. About half of Eskom’s installed capacity of 44,000 MW of electricity has been down through the week when power cuts have inched up a stage almost daily after a brief respite in August. 2022 has been the worst year for scheduled power cuts by the monopoly utility Eskom. They pressed the button on Stage 6 (switching off or load shedding 6000 MW of electricity). (Cape Town has to date generally experienced less severe cuts because of the Steenbras Dam hydro-energy facility but is also now on Stage 6.) “A lot of power stations are at the end of their life.

Should South Africa need to shed more than 8,000 megawatts of electricity load, the Eskom System Operator would issue individual instructions to provinces and ...

“[Black start tests] happen on a three-yearly basis for different parts of the plant. “A black start test is basically when you test various pieces of [power] plants to look at their adequacy, should we have an unfortunate situation when we black out the whole system,” Fick explained. [expected to return 18 generating units to service](https://mybroadband.co.za/news/energy/460996-bad-news-for-stage-6-load-shedding.html) in the coming week with a combined capacity of 9,000MW. The System Operator ensures the stability of South Africa’s national electricity grid by balancing how much electricity is generated to match the amount of electricity being consumed. “The instruction would be carried out by the various control centres of the municipality and the distribution on a provincial basis.” “We as a System Operator would instruct a number of megawatts to be taken off per province,” Fick said.

The US pledged $45 million toward accelerating the phasing out of coal powered plants in South Africa.

We are studying the environment so that we know the quality of water before fracking started and also to see if it will bring about earthquakes.” TotalEnergies lodged its production licence application for Block 11B/12B on September 5 before a deadline expired which might have seen the oil major forfeit its right to develop two huge gas field discoveries – Brulpadda and Luiperd off South Africa’s southern coast. “However, we want to approach the Karoo with caution ... South Africa already imports 180 PJ a year from Mozambique. However, De Ruyter said it would take up to five years to build a fully functional gas-powered power station. South Africa has, so far, managed to resist joining Washington’s campaign against Moscow for the war in Ukraine.

Power utility says high stages of load-shedding are likely to continue for rest of week.

The utility announced on Sunday that it was implementing stage six load shedding - with more generating units breaking down.

Following the tripping of a generation unit each at Kusile and Kriel power stations, Stage 6 loadshedding was implemented effective 04:16. Failure to do so may lead to extended outages or damage to household appliances when the supply is restored. [#loadshedding]to avoid power surges when the power returns.

Eskom aims to approach the market imminently with an offer to buy up to 1 000 MW of surplus electricity that it believes could be immediately available from ...

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South Africa was moved into Stage 6 power cuts at dawn on Sunday 18 September, as diesel reserves ran low.

In September 2015, Ramaphosa (then deputy president) said it would take 18 months and two years for the country to deal with its energy crisis. The warmer weather and the lower demand at the weekend show how perilous the grid is to demand Stage 6 cuts, adding to a maintenance backlog. Load shedding is a tool we use to avoid a system collapse. This test checks the entire system and how it would cope with a total collapse and a slow start-up. Calib Cassim, the CFO, has scraped R500-million more from the budget to buy more, but it is likely to need a fiscal injection from National Treasury. “We are doing our level best to avoid a system breakdown. Eskom has already blown R7.7-billion on buying diesel to keep the open cycle gas turbines (OCGTs) running – the budget for the entire year. About half of Eskom’s installed capacity of 44,000 MW of electricity has been down through the week when power cuts have inched up a stage almost daily after a brief respite in August. 2022 has been the worst year for scheduled power cuts by the monopoly utility Eskom. They pressed the button on Stage 6 (switching off or load shedding 6000 MW of electricity). (Cape Town has to date generally experienced less severe cuts because of the Steenbras Dam hydro-energy facility but is also now on Stage 6.) “A lot of power stations are at the end of their life.

Board and Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan to approach independent power producers to procure 1 000 megawatts urgently.

Ramaphosa asked citizens to be patient and gave assurances that Eskom would avoid high levels of load-shedding stages in the future. The DA reiterates its call that Eskom should not be rewarded for keeping South Africans in the dark.” De Ruyter said on Sunday the utility had already spent R7.7-billion on diesel in five months, which was its budget for the full year. I can give South Africa the assurance that we are being extremely cautious and we are consulting with … [ controlled process of rotational power ](https://loadshedding.eskom.co.za/LoadShedding/Description)cuts that the utility implements to protect the electricity power system from a total blackout. He said the Eskom board had held an urgent meeting with Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan, where they decided to approach independent power producers (IPPs) and procure 1 000MW on an urgent basis. “That allows us to then keep the electricity flowing. Sunday’s move came after the tripping of a generation unit each at the Kusile and Kriel power stations. He said there was no evidence that the current electricity crisis had been caused by any acts of sabotage. If we do not implement load-shedding, what we will then see is the frequency is likely to deteriorate where we are unable to operate the grid in a stable fashion. [Eskom](https://mg.co.za/news/2022-07-25-no-more-excuses-says-ramaphosa-as-he-delivers-energy-plan-to-end-loadshedding-and-energy-insecurity/) executives said this at an emergency media briefing on Sunday, after the utility announced stage six load-shedding the previous evening. “We are doing our level best to avoid a total system collapse, which is why we have load-shedding.

The Democratic Alliance (DA) and the National Freedom Party (NFP) have called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to cut his international trip short and return to ...

Following the tripping of a generation unit each at Kusile and Kriel power stations, Stage 6 loadshedding was implemented effective 04:16. With Eskom announcing stage 6 load shedding, Ramaphosa is now duty-bound to heed the DA call and declare a ringfence state of disaster around Eskom," said the DA’s Kevin Mileham. The Democratic Alliance (DA) and the National Freedom Party (NFP) have called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to cut his international trip short and return to the country to address the worsening power crisis.