Eskom increases load-shedding as seven units go offline for maintenance
Eskom has announced an alternating schedule of stage 2 and stage 3 power cuts after taking several generating units offline for maintenance.
“Over the past 24 hours, five generation units were taken offline for repairs,”...
Eskom announces daytime load-shedding break
Eskom has announced it will suspend load-shedding for five hours on Wednesday, 24 January 2024, due to sufficient available generation capacity.
Following the implementation of stage 1 in the morning, Eskom will cease the power cuts from 11:00 until...
Independent report on state of Eskom power stations being kept secret
An environmental pressure group and energy analysts have raised concerns over the justifications for keeping an independent report into the state of Eskom's coal-fired power stations under wraps, City Press reports...
Load-shedding suspended until further notice
Eskom has suspended load-shedding until further notice.
In a statement at around 06:30 on Sunday, the power utility announced it had stopped the power cuts due to improved available generation capacity.
South Africa experienced stage 8 load-shedding — Mantashe
Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe said South Africa experienced stage 8 load-shedding at the beginning of 2023.
Speaking to ENCA, Mantashe said South Africa made great progress at addressing load-shedding and...
Eskom's second secret load-shedding suspension in a week
For the second time in a week, Eskom suspended load-shedding without notifying the public.
The power utility's most-recently published schedule for the power cuts said that Eskom would continue implementing stage 2 until 05:00 on Sunday...
Stage 2 and a (little) stage 1 for the weekend
Eskom is implementing lower levels of load-shedding over the weekend due to improvements in generating capacity.
The power utility attributed the gains to the return to service of a generating unit and a reduction in partial load losses.
New Eskom CEO starting on 1 March 2024
Eskom has announced that its new group CEO, Dan Marokane, will assume office on 1 March 2024.
In its announcement of Marokane's appointment in early December 2023, Eskom said he would be joining the company no later than 31 March 2024.
Stage 3 for the evenings
Eskom will increase load-shedding to stage 3 on Wednesday evening after losing four generating units in the last 48 hours.
This is required despite the utility returning 3,200MW of capacity to service over the past two days. The need to conduct planned maintenance was...
Eskom has a net-billing tariff plan — with some heavy limits
A new tariff plan with electricity net-billing introduced by Eskom in the past year provides little incentive for households to feed power back into the grid but offers potential cost savings when charging batteries outside peak...
Eskom suspended load-shedding without letting South Africans know
Eskom has revealed it briefly suspended load-shedding on Sunday night and the early morning hours of Monday without notifying the public.
In a statement late on Monday afternoon, the power utility said that the efforts of its...
Biggest battery storage system in South Africa now feeding power into Eskom's grid
South Africa's biggest solar battery storage system started feeding power into Eskom's grid in mid-December 2023.
Scatec ASA announced its Kenhardt hybrid solar and battery facility in the Northern Cape...
Stage 3 and stage 4 for the weekend
Eskom will increase load-shedding to stage 3 and stage 4 over the weekend due to further setbacks in its generating fleet's performance.
In a statement on Friday afternoon, the utility said that it had to shut down six generating units and there was a delay...
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Stage 1 and stage 2 until further notice
Eskom will implement stage 2 load-shedding during the evenings and early morning hours and stage 1 during most daytime hours until further notice.
The utility blamed the need to reintroduce the power cuts on a setback experienced in returning two...
Eskom suspends load-shedding until further notice
Eskom has announced that load-shedding will remain suspended until further notice.
The utility said the decision to stop the rotational power cuts was due to sustained improved generating capacity and sufficient emergency reserves.
Eskom load-shedding break to last until Monday morning
Eskom will continue suspending load-shedding until 05:00 on Monday, 8 January 2024.
The utility initially planned to implement stage 1 during the period.
Eskom maintaining too much capacity caused load-shedding
Eskom's decision to take out more capacity than necessary for planned maintenance caused the first load-shedding of 2024, according to power expert Vally Padayachee.
The former Eskom and City Power manager told City Press that there...
Brace for worse load-shedding in 2024
Eskom's system status outlook for 2024 shows that there will be a significant electricity shortfall for every week of the year and people should expect extensive load-shedding.
The report's 52-week outlook forecasts that electricity demand will be much...