Eskom plans massive electricity cut in South Africa

[Jamie McKane]

Eskom plans massive electricity cut in South Africa

South Africa’s state-owned power utility will cut 2,000 megawatts of supply from the national grid because it lost additional generating units overnight.

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. had earlier said it would cut 1,000 megawatts through rotational blackouts, known locally as load-shedding, the Johannesburg-based utility said in a statement on its website Friday.

 

[Zoomzoom]

I've come to the conclusion that ESKOM is trying to bankrupt SA all on its own.

 

[StoneCold]

Fan-freaking-tastic!

We'll probably have load shedding the whole of December now.

 

[Lupus]

Hmmm about 2000 megawatts you say? There's an entire suburb who owes you billions, cut them first, then work your way through. It's weird how I hardly ever notice them on loadshedding, just the paying municipalities.

 

[Messugga]

Fan-freaking-tastic!

We'll probably have load shedding the whole of December now.

Into March apparently.

 

[lucifir]

what happened to the new plants that just came online recently?
As far as I recall they had plenty spare capacity as demand has dropped off a cliff.
So why all the load shedding... must be time to ask for another increase

 

[Jola]

New plants have major problems due to poor workmanship.

 

[lucifir]

Hmmm about 2000 megawatts you say? There's an entire suburb who owes you billions, cut them first, then work your way through. It's weird how I hardly ever notice them on loadshedding, just the paying municipalities.

agreed, they must start with cutting soweto before even contemplating load shedding anywhere else, as they have not paid their bills. Once they pay up, then they can join the rest of the current in the rotation.

 

[supersunbird]

what happened to the new plants that just came online recently?
As far as I recall they had plenty spare capacity as demand has dropped off a cliff.
So why all the load shedding... must be time to ask for another increase

They are so mismanaged they can't even meet the reduced demand Viva ANC, Viva ANC cabre deployment, Viva

 

[Lupus]

what happened to the new plants that just came online recently?
As far as I recall they had plenty spare capacity as demand has dropped off a cliff.
So why all the load shedding... must be time to ask for another increase

How do they get the 19% increase for three years if we have enough power?

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

fun times at the load shedding cafe.

 

[HunterNW]

New plants have major problems due to poor workmanship.

Exactly. I work with Artisans and the skill level out there ? Pathetic. Here and there some old hands, but otherwise it's disgusting how the trade took a dump.

 

[Ancalagon]

New plants have major problems due to poor workmanship.

Really? You mean that power plants built by companies who were selected on the basis of their political affiliations, staffed by people selected not by competence but by the colour of their skin are built poorly?

I would never have guessed.

 

[Jola]

Really? You mean that power plants built by companies who were selected on the basis of their political affiliations, staffed by people selected not by competence but by the colour of their skin are built poorly?

I would never have guessed.

It's even worse than that ...

 

[Ancalagon]

It's even worse than that ...

Do share!

 

[Compton_effect]

Someone is about to get a phonecall from the ANC NEC and the President - explaining why there will not be load shedding this close to a national election.

 

[yebocan]

Someone is about to get a phonecall from the ANC NEC and the President - explaining why there will not be load shedding this close to a national election.

Yeppp...same as the CoCT decreasing water restrictions.

 

[phly]

There is no deadlier combo than planned maintenance coinciding with unplanned outages!
Not gonna lie - that single phrase made my day. Like i'm unable to fathom.

 

[Compton_effect]

Do share!

I once chatted to a Professional welder. The gent had done work from all over the world. He explained to me that certain pipes had to be welded by a team of two welders simultaneously - one welding the join on the outside and one on the inside. That way the heat gets distributed evenly and the two welds are done on a join with the same expansion.
According to him - his company lost the contract for a job at Medupi to another company - who cut costs by only using one welder at a time. First doing the inside, and then the outside. First operational test they did - the weld popped like a overcooked vienna.

 

[WaxLyrical]

I wonder how many people are enjoying free power due illegal connections.

Must be astronomical. Combine that with corruption and mismanagement and we have massive steaming pile of shyte.