Monday,
17 August 2020: Eskom
urges the public to reduce electricity usage as the power generation system is
severely constrained this afternoon. The return of one generation unit has been
delayed, while another two units have tripped today. One of the tripped units
has returned. While Eskom teams are working hard to return as many of these
generation units to service as possible, any further deterioration in the
generation performance may necessitate the implementation of loadshedding at
short notice.
As
the aged generation infrastructure is unreliable and volatile, this constrained
power system is expected to persist for the rest of the week.
The
return of a unit each at Majuba and Medupi power stations has been delayed.
A
unit each at the Tutuka and Hendrina power stations tripped earlier today. This
adds to further breakdowns at the Tutuka, Majuba, Komati, Kendal and Hendrina power
stations. These unplanned breakdowns contributed to the more than 11 000MW of
capacity, adding to the 4 658MW currently out on planned maintenance.
We
urge the people of South Africa to
help reduce electricity usage in order to assist Eskom to keep the lights on.
ENDS