South Africa’s power utility company, Eskom, has assured that there will be no loadshedding due to return of three generation units last night.
“Eskom is pleased to announce that the supply constraints has eased sufficiently to allow for the suspension of loadshedding,” the utility company said.
“This also means no loadshedding is anticipated for the rest of the weekend,” the company added.
Eskom explained that three generators were returned to service at the Lethabo, Medupi and Kusile power stations while another unit at Kusile was taken offline for repairs.
Unplanned breakdowns stand at 8,750MW of capacity, adding to the 4,500MW currently out on planned maintenance.
“While the supply constraints has eased for the rest of the weekend, Eskom would like to remind the public to continue using electricity sparingly as the aged generation infrastructure is unpredictable, unreliable and volatile.”
It, however, cautioned that any significant deterioration in the generation performance may necessitate the implementation of load shedding at short notice.
“Eskom would like to thank the people of South Africa for their assistance and patience during the difficulties of load shedding,” the company said.
Source:www.energynewsafrica.com
