Eskom widens blackouts to highest-ever level
South Africa’s state-owned power utility will expand rolling blackouts to the highest-ever level Monday evening as it seeks to prevent a collapse of the grid.
Eskom will cut 6 000 megawatts starting at 6 pm local time after a technical problem at the Medupi power station that affected generation supply.
We regret and sincerely apologise that stage 4 loadshedding will move to Stage 6 loadshedding as from 18:00 today, as a result of a shortage of capacity. This follows a technical problem at Medupi Power Station impacting additional generation supply. https://t.co/Nxo0ltbuee pic.twitter.com/YXdfI0PzrM
— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) December 9, 2019
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The utility is cutting power for a fifth straight day as it struggles with unplanned breakdowns at its power plants. It was previously cutting 4 000 megawatts after at least 14 200 megawatts of unplanned breakdowns.
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Source: moneyweb.co.za
