Eskom has announced that Stage 2 loadshedding will be implemented from 17:00 this afternoon until 05:00 on Wednesday, April 13.
Loadshedding was suspended at 05:00 this morning after Stage 2 was announced at short notice last night due to Unit 5 of the Medupi Power Station that tripped.
Eskom said in a statement that this constrained supply situation will persist throughout the week, “with the possibility that more loadshedding is likely to be implemented should the generation capacity deteriorate further”.
Unit 5 of Medupi returned to service during the night, but three generating units at the Camden Power Station tripped during the night, contributing to the current shortage of capacity.
“We are managing the emergency generation reserves to limit the stage of loadshedding. The overnight loadshedding will be used to replenish the dam level at the pump storage power stations in preparation for the remainder of the week.
“Eskom would like to apologise for the implementation of loadshedding and would like to reiterate that loadshedding is implemented only as a last resort in order to protect the national grid.”
