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Eskom CEO advises that Stage 2 load shedding is anticipated for winter.
According to Eskom, load shedding during this winter will probably be “maintained within Stage 2.” Group Chief Executive Dan Marokane of the electricity company made this claim while appearing Friday at Megawatt Park at the State of the System and Winter Outlook media event.
According to him, the prediction was made that the Unplanned Capacity Loss Factor (UCLF) would reach 14,000 MW throughout the winter, which is less than the 15,000 MW predicted for the same period last year.
“For winter 2024… the likely scenario from our assumptions is that load shedding will be maintained within Stage 2 at most. In the extreme case where the unreliability increases, that component may go occasionally [to] Stage 5 but we really think that on the basis of what we see, the performance of the fleet, load shedding will stay within Stage 2.
“This is on the back of the decrease of the backline unreliability capacity reduction of 1 000MW which is what we use for our baseline assumptions,” .
Eskom Group Chief Executive Dan Marokane
Democratic Alliance warns that stage 6 load shedding will return on the 30th of May
The Democaratic Alliance has warned that stage 6 load shedding will hit the country the very next day after the elections
Democratic Alliance leader – John Steenhuisen has accused the ANC and Eskom of keeping the lights on for now – at all costs – until THEN. The DA has introduced an economic policy that promises voters a consistent electricity supply when it is in power after May 29th.
Steenhuisen spoke on Friday and said the temporary suspension of load shedding ahead of the elections is misleading the voters. He believes the ANC is trying hard to use load shedding to influence the voters to win the upcoming elections.
Listen to Democratic Alliance leader – John Steenhuisen leader here:
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