Why is Eskom on Stage 6
2022 - 9 - 20
What will happen if Eskom has to implement Stage 8 loadshedding? (BizNews)
Eskom's system operator does not have set loadshedding levels beyond stage 8, general manager Isabel Fick told journalists on Sunday morning.
“Black start tests happen on a three-yearly basis for different parts of the plant. However, Fick said the power utility conducted one of its main black start tests on 23 August 2022. Although the status of Eskom’s generating system is dire, it is not certain that South Africa is at risk of loadshedding beyond stage 8. Fick was speaking during an emergency press briefing after Eskom announced a sudden escalation to stage 6 loadshedding in the early hours of yesterday morning. Four of these with a combined capacity of 2,000MW are considered high-risk. “As a system operator, we would instruct a number of megawatts to be taken off per province,” Fick said.
Public forced to live with Stage 6 load shedding, while Eskom seeks ... (Independent Online)
With no end in sight to Stage 6 load shedding, which was implemented on Sunday, Eskom has applied to energy regulator Nersa to hike tariffs by 32% on April ...
De Ruyter said in the past five months of this financial year, Eskom had already burnt diesel worth about R7.7 billion, which was the budget for the whole year. “We had an urgent board meeting on Saturday with (Public Enterprises) Minister Pravin Gordhan and we discussed further steps. The City was unable to lighten the load and shield customers from the high stages of load shedding due to the required statutory inspection of the Steenbras plant. Eskom CEO André de Ruyter said: “The system has been under pressure the past week. This has caused us to run our reserves, our diesel and our dams, very high. This prompted Eskom CFO Calib Cassiem to make an additional R500 million available for diesel purchases.
WATCH | How Eskom burnt through R7.7bn in diesel in 5 months ... (TimesLIVE)
On Sunday, Eskom CEO André de Ruyter said the power utility has 'just about' used up its emergency diesel supply for the financial year.
This means we will be able to reduce load-shedding to stage 5 at midnight. “Our CFO, Calib Cassim, has made available an additional R500m to purchase more diesel. On Monday afternoon, Eskom spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha said it would move to stage 5 at midnight.
South African power utility implements Stage 6 power cuts (CNBCAfrica.com)
CAPE TOWN, Sept 18 (Reuters) – South African power utility Eskom implemented Stage 6 power cuts early on Sunday morning, its worst level touched for the ...
[Read full story](https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL8N30M1QJ&linkedFromStory=true) [Read full story](https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL8N2YF1MZ&linkedFromStory=true) Eskom, which gets most of its electricity from ageing coal-fired power plants prone to breakdowns, plans to cut about 6,000 megawatts (MW) of power in a staggered manner to prevent a catastrophic collapse of the national electricity grid.
Eskom announces ease to stage 5 load shedding (Eyewitness News)
JOHANNESBURG - Eskom has announced that it will reduce the stage of load shedding to stage 5 at midnight. The power utility made the announcement on Monday.
Loadshedding will thus be reduced to Stage 5 at midnight. "Overnight, a generation unit each at Kempton, Kriel and Kusile power stations were returned to service. JOHANNESBURG - Eskom has announced that it will reduce the stage of load shedding to stage 5 at midnight.
High-stage load shedding likely for the rest of the week - plus the ... (Stuff Magazines)
Eskom said that generating units at both the Kusile and Kriel power stations went down, which sparked the move to stage 6. The power provider is currently ...
Eskom said that generating units at both the Kusile and Kriel power stations went down, which sparked the move to stage 6. Those ten units represent 6,000MW of power and could go down at any point during the week. Jan Oberholzer, Eskom’s COO, said; “Stage 6 will remain implemented until sufficient generating units return to service. Ten of them, to be exact. It’s possible we’re all stuck with high stages of load shedding for the rest of the week. And, deep down, we know it’s (probably) going to be longer.
Load shedding to be reduced to Stage 5 (Moneyweb.co.za)
Overnight a unit each was returned at the Camden, Kriel, Kusile and Kendal power stations. However, a unit was taken off at Duvha Power Station in Mpumalanga, “ ...
Overnight a unit each was returned at the Camden, Kriel, Kusile and Kendal power stations. The struggling power utility had told the media on Sunday that it would urgently start to procure additional energy from existing independent power producers – such as Sasol and Sappi – on Monday, in the hopes of having it online within a week or two. Eskom advised on Monday that load shedding – currently at Stage 6 as of Sunday morning – will be reduced to Stage 5 at midnight.
Eskom to reduce load shedding to stage 5 (BusinessTech)
“Overnight a unit each at Camden, Kriel, Kusile and Kendal were returned but unfortunately had to take off a unit at Duvha which developed a boiler tube leak.
“[On Monday], we will be approaching the market to procure whatever megawatts that are available on an urgent basis. Some of that relies on suppliers having to replenish their coal bunkers or secure additional gas supply. Loadshedding will thus be reduced to Stage 5 at midnight,” the group said.
SA teetered on the edge of Stage 7 load shedding on Monday (News24)
In his daily system updates, Eskom spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha tweeted that 6 770 MW were shed on Monday evening.
Eskom is optimistic it will have the first supply agreement signed this week. Eskom has since downgraded load shedding to Stage 5 – which means 5 000MW will be shed from the grid. At the time, Eskom was officially implementing Stage 6 load shedding, which means 6 000MW is shed from the grid – or South Africans would be without power for six hours of the day.
South Africa hit by Stage 6 power cuts (DatacenterDynamics)
South Africa faces an unprecedented level of power outages as South African power utility Eskom introduced Stage 6 power cuts over the weekend.
Multiple outages in a single day, such as at stage four load shedding, can also affect how quickly the batteries can recharge – thereby reducing the efficiency of the backup." If the outage goes beyond four hours, problems can arise; the batteries can overheat and take longer to cool down which can affect the efficiency of the signal transmission i.e. It's the second time this year that Eskom has resorted to implementing Stage 6 load shedding, which means at least six hours a day without power for South Africans. During power outages or load shedding, base station generators and backup batteries kick in and are supposed to last two to four hours. Load shedding earlier this year caused a cooling system failure at an MTN data center. De Ruyter said the company is aiming to procure 1,000MW from independent power producers.
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