Stage 5 load shedding

South African power utility Eskom said power outages will be ratcheted up a notch to 'Stage 5' from 1000 a.m. (0800 GMT) local on Saturday until 0500 a.m. ...

CAPE TOWN, Sept 17 (Reuters) - South African power utility Eskom said power outages will be ratcheted up a notch to 'Stage 5' from 1000 a.m. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com on Monday after five generating units broke down overnight.

Ekom also noted that if any further breakdowns occurred, higher stages would be implemented. “Eskom apologises for the continued and unfortunate loadsheddding, ...

According to News24, a whopping 45 units tripped in the space of seven days. “Eskom apologises for the continued and unfortunate loadsheddding, which is implemented as a last resort in view of the shortage of generation capacity and the need to attend to breakdowns and carry out planned maintenance to return units to service,” it concluded. The bad news appears to keep rolling in for both Eskom and South Africans as constraints on the available generators will see the current levels pushed to Stage 5.

Eskom said due to the breakdown of five generating units stage f load shedding is neccessary with the possibility of highe stages.

“A unit each at Kusile, Arnot and Camden, as well as two units at Duvha Power Station tripped. “Should any further breakdowns occur, higher stages of load shedding may be implemented at short notice. [Weekend of darkness as stage 4 load shedding to continue](https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/load-shedding/weekend-of-darkness-stage-four-load-shedding-16-september-2022/)

Eskom said five units broke down overnight and on Saturday morning. Stage 5 load shedding will be implemented until Monday.

On Sunday, Eskom officials will provide an outlook of the power cut stages for the week ahead. “A unit each at Kusile, Arnot and Camden, as well as two units at Duvha Power Station tripped. Stage 5 load shedding will be implemented until Monday.

“A unit each at Kusile, Arnot and Camden as well as two units at Duvha Power Station tripped,” the utility said in a statement at about 9.20am on Saturday. “ ...

Eskom officials are expected to provide an outlook for load-shedding for the rest of the week on Sunday. “The emergency generation reserves have been depleted by extensive utilisation to limit the amount of load-shedding over the past two weeks.” Eskom said this was due to the breakdown of five generating units overnight.

Eskom implemented stage 5 load-shedding on Saturday. In a statement, the power utility said its five generating units had broken down overnight, ...

Eskom announced on Saturday that it would be implementing Stage 5 load shedding until 5am on Monday. But what does Stage 5 load shedding mean for us?

This means South Africans will effectively bear through about 8 hours of load shedding per day. Eskom said the reason for the Stage 5 load shedding was due to the breakdown of five generating units overnight. Stage 5 load shedding amounts to shedding 5 000 MW.