Stage 2 load-shedding to continue until Sunday as breakdowns increase

21st February 2020

By: News24Wire

  

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Eskom says that stage 2 load-shedding will continue until 6 am on Sunday morning due to a loss of additional units.

"While we expect three generation units to return to service [on Friday], we lost a further two units last night to unplanned breakdowns," the utility said in an power update. 

Unplanned outages increased were at 11 562MW on Friday morning, a slight decrease from 12 225MW on Thursday afternoon.

The cash-strapped utility has warned of an increased likelihood of power cuts over the next 18 months as it conducts maintenance on its fleet of ageing power plants. 

Edited by News24Wire

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