Power utility Eskom announced on Monday afternoon that load-shedding stage two will be implemented from 5pm until 5am on Wednesday as a result of more breakdowns at power stations, including Medupi.
Earlier in a statement, the power utility had said load-shedding would begin at 9pm on Tuesday until Wednesday 5am.
In a statement released on Monday, Eskom said this was due to multiple generating unit failures over the past 24 hours.
“Load-shedding might be required at short notice should there be any further significant breakdowns,” reads the statement.
See their statement here:
Further development to the #PowerAlert: Medupi Unit 3 broke down a short while ago. This requires Stage 2 loadshedding to be implemented continuously starting at 17:00 this afternoon until 05:00 on Wednesday. https://t.co/l1et1AKPdn
— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) March 7, 2022
Due to multiple unit failures, Stage 2 loadshedding will be implemented from 21:00 tonight to 05:00 on Tuesday, and be repeated from 21:00 on Tuesday night until 05:00
on Wednesday pic.twitter.com/6Wnhub9WGn— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) March 7, 2022
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