{"id":250553,"date":"2023-02-20T15:53:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T13:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/stage-6-load-shedding-implemented-until-wednesday-evening\/"},"modified":"2023-02-20T15:53:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T13:53:14","slug":"stage-6-load-shedding-implemented-until-wednesday-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/stage-6-load-shedding-implemented-until-wednesday-evening\/","title":{"rendered":"Stage 6 load shedding implemented until Wednesday evening"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter says Stage 6 load shedding is expected to be implemented until Wednesday evening which will be followed by Stage 4 on Thursday morning with a further drop to Stage 3 by the weekend.<\/p>\n

De Ruyter was speaking to the media following the implementation of Stage 6 load shedding on Monday after at least eight generating units and coal supply challenges caused severe constraints on the power grid.<\/p>\n

He said that the power utility is working on bringing several units back to service to bring some relief to pressures the power system was experiencing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are looking at Lethabo [power station] unit 4, 5 and 2 and also a unit at Camden [power station]. Following that, we are looking at returning by the end of [Monday] about 3000MW of capacity followed by a further 2000MW each for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. That will significantly alleviate the current constraint we face in terms of generation capacity and will reduce the risk.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut where we are right now, given the fact that we are running our open cycle gas turbines hard, we have no option but to implement load shedding Stage 6…until Wednesday evening peak and by Thursday we will then be able to start phasing that down to Stage 4 with load shedding Stage 3 being reached by the weekend,\u201d de Ruyter said.<\/p>\n

He said high losses at generating units have contributed to a generating shortfall of nearly 6000MW for evening peak.<\/p>\n

\u201c[By Monday afternoon] we had full losses of 12 318MW which is extremely high and the reason for Stage 6 load shedding. Then we\u2019ve got partial load losses \u2013 also very high \u2013 of 5993MW and then we have outside capacity load losses of relating mainly to the supply of coal at Lethabo\u2026at 2100MW.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe demand we are forecasting for [Monday] evening peak is 27 282MW and then there is a shortfall of generating capacity of 5834MW and\u2026more or less, 1000MW of shortfall is equal to one stage of load shedding so you can see why we have to implement Stage 6 load shedding,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

De Ruyter explained that the power utility is also facing long term breakdowns which have rendered at least 5000MW of generating capacity unavailable \u2013 putting severe strain on the power system.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt Kusile [power station]\u2026three units were rendered inoperable due to\u2026a build-up of slurry in unit one\u2019s flue. That flue collapsed\u2026and gave rise to units two and three’s flues also collapsing. That accounts for 2160MW of capacity that ordinarily would have been available.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen we\u2019ve got Koeberg [power station] unit one on an outage to replace its steam generator. That project is on track and is intended to be complete by the end of June after which we will take down unit two at the end of August. But Koeberg unit one leads to that 928MW not being available.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt Kusile [power station] unit five where we had a gas air heater fire\u2026we are now sitting at a synchronisation to the grid date of July of this year and that will add 700MW. At Medupi [power station] unit 4, we had a catastrophic hydrogen explosion\u2026that is scheduled to return to service in September 2024,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

De Ruyter said unexpected incidents such as those at Lethabo power station over the weekend which led to the loss of two generating units due to coal constraints and a further unit due to boiler tube leak left \u201cthe shortfall in generating capacity\u2026very urgent\u201d.<\/p>\n

He urged the public to do their part in saving electricity.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do face a very constrained situation right at this point in time. We appeal to the public to use electricity sparingly. If you have any lights that you can switch off or any air-conditioners that are running that you don\u2019t require, please switch those off.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re able to assist us by being mindful of your electricity consumption, that would be very much appreciated,\u201d de Ruyter said. \u2013 SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter says Stage 6 load shedding is expected to be implemented until Wednesday evening which will be followed by Stage 4 on Thursday morning with a further drop to Stage 3 by the weekend. De Ruyter was speaking to the media following the implementation of Stage 6 load shedding on Monday […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":250554,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[38678],"class_list":{"0":"post-250553","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-south-africa","8":"tag-sanews","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/stage-6-load-shedding-implemented-until-wednesday-evening.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}