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Medium to high risk of blackouts

EThe risk of blackouts is medium to high on Monday, power utility Eskom said. “Should anything unexpected happen on the generation side we may need to go into load shedding,” its media desk said. Eskom urged its customers to use electricity sparingly to ease the pressure on the power grid.[…]

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Eskom announces rolling blackouts

Eskom is implementing stage one power cuts on Saturday, it said. The rolling blackouts started at 8am and would continue until 10pm. The power utility said it had initially planned to implement stage two power cuts but some generating units that had to undergo maintenance had come back online overnight.[…]

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Eskom generators working optimally

There is a low risk of load shedding being implemented over the weekend due to generators performing at their optimum, Eskom said on Friday. “Our projection shows that we will not have to implement load shedding over the weekend,” spokesman Khulu Phasiwe said. The demand for electricity during weekends was[…]

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Low risk of load shedding: Eskom

Although the power supply system is constrained, there is a low risk of rolling power cuts, Eskom said Thursday. “The risk of load shedding is expected to be low to medium,” spokesman Khulu Phasiwe said in a statement. “Some of our generating units have come on line. We are expecting[…]

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Eskom implements stage 2 load shedding

Eskom is implementing stage two rolling power cuts from 6pm to 10pm on Wednesday, it said on Twitter. Earlier, the utility implemented stage one of rolling power cuts from 2pm to 10pm, but warned it could move to stage two. This was due to a shortage of generation capacity as[…]

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Stage one power cuts on Monday

Stage one power cuts will be implemented on Monday afternoon, electricity provider Eskom said. The company posted on its Twitter feed at 2.30pm: “Stage 1 load shedding to be implemented from 4pm to 10pm due to shortage of capacity.” Earlier on Monday, spokesman Khulu Phasiwe said Eskom could meet current[…]

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Load shedding ends, tough week ahead: Eskom

Stage two of rolling power cuts have ended on Sunday, with the power system to be under “severe pressure” over the coming week, Eskom said. “Eskom stopped stage 2 load shedding at 10.10pm on 8 February 2015 [Sunday],” the parastatal said in a statement. “It is important to note that[…]

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Eskom implements more blackouts

Eskom would implement stage one blackouts from 10am on Wednesday, it said. “There is a high demand for power and Eskom cannot meet the demand,” said spokesman Khulu Phasiwe. He said the risk of blackouts was high for the rest of the week. Johannesburg City Power spokesman Sol Masolo said[…]

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More power cuts possible: Eskom

There was a good chance that South Africans would experience further power cuts on Tuesday, power utility Eskom said. “The grid is exceptionally tight. There is a medium to high chance of load shedding today [Tuesday] if we do see further technical challenges developing,” spokesman Andrew Etzinger said. He said[…]

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Regular maintenance needed: Eskom

Eskom’s Western Cape Operating Unit Manager Alwi Lester says the parastatal has realized that regular and efficient maintenance is necessary to provide power to South Africans without any interruptions to their quality of life. Speaking on VOC’s Breakfast Beat, Lester said that in the short term the power utility would[…]

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