Following a warning from the South African Weather Service that a succession of cold fronts is expected to sweep across the country this week and going into the weekend, State-owned Eskom is appealing to the public to reduce electricity use as the cold conditions “will put severe pressure on the power system”.
The system is currently performing relatively well and Eskom is not expecting to implement load-shedding at this point, it states.
Eskom has not implemented load-shedding since June 13 owing to some improvement in the performance of the generation fleet.
However, Eskom has warned that the cold front will increase the demand for electricity thereby putting pressure on the power system.