JOHANNESBURG, July 12 (Reuters) – South African power
utility Eskom said on Thursday power supply in
Africa’s biggest economy would be extremely tight during evening
peak hours after one unit of its nuclear plant tripped out the
previous day.
In a bi-weekly status update, Eskom said it had 35,514 MW
capacity available for the Thursday evening peak, when people
return home and turn on stoves and heaters, against forecast
demand of 35,043 MW, leaving a buffer of less than 500 MW.
Eskom added that the nuclear unit was being brought back
online but asked customers to switch off all non-essential
appliances.
(Reporting by Agnieszka Flak; Editing by Ed Cropley)
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