2022 load-shedding shocker — 90% of 2021's levels and 6 more months left

[Hanno Labuschagne]

2022 load-shedding shocker — 90% of 2021's levels and 6 more months left

South Africa’s crippling power cuts are approaching an annual record, and there are still six months to go.

Spurred by an illegal strike this week that added to its woes, utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. has already implemented controlled blackouts equal to more than 90% of the energy it shed for the whole of 2021, according to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research.

[Bloomberg]

 

[Jam Sandwich]

South Africa...always topdog in the pit of despair...

 

[Hd7]

Everyone is now celebrating that we're "only" on stage 4 - that speaks volumes for just how disastrous this is.

 

[R13...]

It will only get worse. There's no new capacity expected for at least the next three years. They'll probably rebase the stages at some point so I doesn't look so bad

 

[wingnut771]

Today:


Yesterday:

 

[wingnut771]

It will only get worse. There's no new capacity expected for at least the next three years. They'll probably rebase the stages at some point so I doesn't look so bad

 

[Azure 12]

Everyone is now celebrating that we're "only" on stage 4 - that speaks volumes for just how disastrous this is.

 

[blah99]

ANC voters love this.