Eskom is not It has imposed rotating power outages for more than three weeks, but there are no plans to do so for the time being.
South Africans are enjoying one of the longest periods of no-load outages in years as the state-run electricity company says it has enough generation capacity and emergency reserves to meet demand.
How long can it last?
“Until further notice, load shedding remains suspended. This continues for 21 consecutive days, and as of midday today there have been 535 hours without load shedding,” Eskom said in a statement.
“This is the result of sustained generation capacity, adequate emergency reserves, and reduced demand for electricity from the grid.”
The last time a similar milestone was achieved was in June 2022, when there was no shedding for 20 consecutive days, the company said. And it promises not to achieve the current lull in power outages by running aging coal-fired power plants unnecessarily hard.
“While Eskom acknowledges this milestone, it remains committed to the continued implementation of its power generation operations recovery plan to reduce and ultimately eliminate load shedding,” the company said, adding that as of Wednesday afternoon, 5.4 It added that GW's generation capacity is still down for planned maintenance. .
The load-shedding holiday comes six weeks before South Africans go to the polls in the most important national election since 1994.
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“The GM and his team at Eskom Power Station are working diligently to ensure that additional power generation capacity is restored by bringing units back on line as quickly as possible from unplanned outages and planned maintenance, totaling 2.07 million. kW of power generation capacity is expected to be back in operation by Friday.” – © 2024 News Central Media