Dear Eskom, please load shed daily until May

At least a daily phase 2 would allow one to plan one's business.

Announcing a blackout then gleefully announcing that it's been averted is not something that should be congratulated on.
 
Doesn't sound like an African solution to an African problem. Won't implement.
 
Eskom need the money.

Every hour they loadshed at 1000MW, costs them R750 000 in revenue loss (75c/kWh) and R3 million in diesel (R3.00/kWh).

12 hours x 22 days x R3.75m = R990 million loss per month.

You could argue that they would run the diesel turbines anyway, fine, then its:

12 hr x 22 x R750 000 = R198m loss per month.
 
Sry no need to loadshed unless its needed. Business needs to be flexible. I do not want to sit in the dark when there is no urgent need for loadshedding....
 
They will probably come back to the public in a year and say that they now REALLY need to loadshed. After the 2016 elections.
So many possibilities, ANC pressure or they are just bull****ting to get higher rates.
 
It would grate me but I would agree to a daily Stage 1 blackout schedule until May.

We can then plan our activities accordingly.

This current guessing game is rubbish.
 
Gaz{M} said:
Eskom need the money.

Every hour they loadshed at 1000MW, costs them R750 000 in revenue loss (75c/kWh) and R3 million in diesel (R3.00/kWh).

12 hours x 22 days x R3.75m = R990 million loss per month.

You could argue that they would run the diesel turbines anyway, fine, then its:

12 hr x 22 x R750 000 = R198m loss per month.
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Ummmm I think you might have your numbers a bit wrong.......

Plus the diesel turbines is a cost to them, not an extra profit.
 
Gaz{M} said:
Eskom need the money.

Every hour they loadshed at 1000MW, costs them R750 000 in revenue loss (75c/kWh) and R3 million in diesel (R3.00/kWh).

12 hours x 22 days x R3.75m = R990 million loss per month.

You could argue that they would run the diesel turbines anyway, fine, then its:

12 hr x 22 x R750 000 = R198m loss per month.
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Running the open turbines is a nett loss for Eskom, as the electricity they generate isn't rated at a seperate, higher rate. But yes, in principle load shedding = lost revenue.
 
MickeyD said:
It would grate me but I would agree to a daily Stage 1 blackout schedule until May.

We can then plan our activities accordingly.

This current guessing game is rubbish.
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Yea, it's worse to not know and be unable to plan than knowing and planning.
 
This is great advice short term pain for a more stable system afterwards. Will eskom or the government do it?
NAH
 
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bekdik said:
At least a daily phase 2 would allow one to plan one's business.

Announcing a blackout then gleefully announcing that it's been averted is not something that should be congratulated on.
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Stage 2 would be overkill. Stage 1 for a fixed period would suffice.

However there must be consistency... Stage 1 must equal a 2.5 hour blackout for everyone.
 
MickeyD said:
It would grate me but I would agree to a daily Stage 1 blackout schedule until May.

We can then plan our activities accordingly.

This current guessing game is rubbish.
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Yip

I would load shed even if its not necessary. Just to stop burning the bloody diesel
 
I'm happy (and always have been) to accept load shedding daily, but NOT 4.5 hours at a time. Give me an hour a day, seven days a week. In that hour, I can have lunch/dinner/take a nap/do some filing/trim the hedge etc etc etc. 4.5 hours though, I lose my cool. Fridge gets too warm(after last night had to toss my new milk), batteries die on lap top etc. Give me an hour everyday and I'll live, even a few 1 hours sessions a day and I'll live. But the long 4.5 hour is bs and always has been.
 
MickeyD said:
Stage 2 would be overkill. Stage 1 for a fixed period would suffice.

However there must be consistency... Stage 1 must equal a 2.5 hour blackout for everyone.
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+1
Planning for this would be acceptable, but having no idea of the schedule is unacceptable.
stick to your schedule, fix what is needed, then tell us how bad it will be in winter.
 
ellyally said:
I'm happy (and always have been) to accept load shedding daily, but NOT 4.5 hours at a time. Give me an hour a day, seven days a week. In that hour, I can have lunch/dinner/take a nap/do some filing/trim the hedge etc etc etc. 4.5 hours though, I lose my cool. Fridge gets too warm(after last night had to toss my new milk), batteries die on lap top etc. Give me an hour everyday and I'll live, even a few 1 hours sessions a day and I'll live. But the long 4.5 hour is bs and always has been.
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I agree wholeheartedly.

However, the problem is the sub-stations have to be manually switched off and on again. This involves a technician physically driving to each one. In the badly run monkey-palities, like Joburg, it costs less to have longer load shedding periods, hence 4.5 hours. The better-run areas like Cape Town have shorter (2 to 2.5hr), more frequent load shedding periods.

Smaller and rural areas just get shut off entirely by Eskom directly.
 
Warped said:
I agree wholeheartedly.

However, the problem is the sub-stations have to be manually switched off and on again. This involves a technician physically driving to each one. In the badly run monkey-palities, like Joburg, it costs less to have longer load shedding periods, hence 4.5 hours. The better-run areas like Cape Town have shorter (2 to 2.5hr), more frequent load shedding periods.

Smaller and rural areas just get shut off entirely by Eskom directly.
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The other problem is the massive cable theft if we are on a set schedule. Every day they'll hit a new area.
 
ToxicBunny said:
Ummmm I think you might have your numbers a bit wrong.......

Plus the diesel turbines is a cost to them, not an extra profit.
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The question is are those diesel turbines still running all the time? They should keep them off and implement load shedding stage 1 at a minimum...
 
Compton_effect said:
The other problem is the massive cable theft if we are on a set schedule. Every day they'll hit a new area.
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Set up a squad of cable rangers with orders to [-]shoot[/-] intercept poachers.
 
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