Eskom wants to implement power cuts in Durban

[mylesillidge]

Durban's load-shedding-free run coming to an end

Communities in the eThekwini Municipal area will have to brace for the start of load shedding after Eskom announced that it plans to implement the power cuts as soon as possible.

Some areas in the municipality have thus far been exempt from load shedding following damage to electricity infrastructure during flooding in the area in April.

[SANews]

 

[wingnut771]

Fokkof Eishkom.

We've been helping you since April:


We would be on stage 8 already if not for the floods.

 

[Pak Fa Fui]

Yes please

 

[Nerfherder]

Durban's load-shedding-free run coming to an end

Communities in the eThekwini Municipal area will have to brace for the start of load shedding after Eskom announced that it plans to implement the power cuts as soon as possible.

Some areas in the municipality have thus far been exempt from load shedding following damage to electricity infrastructure during flooding in the area in April.

[SANews]

What ? haven't they been getting load shedding ? WTF

Is this why we are at level 6 ?? Mother fluffers

 

[wingnut771]

What ? haven't they been getting load shedding ? WTF

Is this why we are at level 6 ?? Mother fluffers

No, we've been shedding 800MW since April.

1 stage of loadshedding we shed 100MW, so we've been shedding like its stage 8 since April.

So, if it wasn't for this, you would be on stage 8 by now.

 

[porchrat]

No, we've been shedding 800MW since April.

1 stage of loadshedding we shed 100MW, so we've been shedding like its stage 8 since April.

So, if it wasn't for this, you would be on stage 8 by now.

Forget Durban as an entire city. Have you personally been loadshed?

If not, then shut up and take it like the rest of us have to.

Some other areas of the city being devastated by a natural disaster shouldn't exempt you.

 

[Nerfherder]

No, we've been shedding 800MW since April.

1 stage of loadshedding we shed 100MW, so we've been shedding like its stage 8 since April.

So, if it wasn't for this, you would be on stage 8 by now.

it reads the other way... KZN has 800MW of power from the grid.

How are you currently shedding load without load shedding ?

 

[mr_norris]

I'm sure this article is wrong? According to IOL and the head of electricity (at eThekwini?) they'll most likely start with a new schedule in August.

 

[Neptuner]

Karma for last year July, scoundrels!

 

[wingnut771]

it reads the other way... KZN has 800MW of power from the grid.

How are you currently shedding load without load shedding ?

 

[ninjaman509]

Karma for last year July, scoundrels!

The scoundrels in question don't pay for electricity anyway

 

[mr_norris]

it reads the other way... KZN has 800MW of power from the grid.

How are you currently shedding load without load shedding ?

From the IOL article:

We lost between 700 to 800 megawatts of power at the time and we are still trying to recover from this. As of today, we still don’t have more than 200MW of power. If you look at the megawatts, it is the equivalent of what load shedding is today.

In essence, it means eThewkini was so broken that they were essentially perma-loadshedding, so they didn't need to rotate individual zones. Some people had no power all the time, others like me had power all the time.

 

[wingnut771]

Forget Durban as an entire city. Have you personally been loadshed?

If not, then shut up and take it like the rest of us have to.

Some other areas of the city being devastated by a natural disaster shouldn't exempt you.

No power cuts for me although large parts of the city haven't had power or water since April.

Unfortunately for you, it's not up to me.

 

[grok]

Shame hey, need to suck hard on the Durban teat as well to prevent total grid collapse.

They've ridden that BEE flagship in sy moer..

 

[porchrat]

No power cuts for me although large parts of the city haven't had power or water since April.

Unfortunately for you, it's not up to me.

It's up to Eskom. They're saying loadshedding is coming. You're saying "hey that's not fair". I'm saying it is fair.

I hope you're all caught up now. Prepare yourself.

Seriously the idea that because some areas got completely wrecked means that you don't have to endure any inconvenience at the expense of the rest of the country is idiotic.

 

[ToxicBunny]

So I'm perfectly ok with LS being implemented in the city, but it must be done in such a way to not absolutely screw the infrastructure again... its still totally cobbled together after the floods.

As an example one of the main switching stations for the Inner West area pretty much burnt to the ground just after the floods thanks to the equipment being flooded, and I doubt they had a complete set of new equipment so have had to jerry rig the fsck out of things to make it work.

 

[porchrat]

So I'm perfectly ok with LS being implemented in the city, but it must be done in such a way to not absolutely screw the infrastructure again... its still totally cobbled together after the floods.

As an example one of the main switching stations for the Inner West area pretty much burnt to the ground just after the floods thanks to the equipment being flooded, and I doubt they had a complete set of new equipment so have had to jerry rig the fsck out of things to make it work.

Oh yea 100%. Areas that are just getting onto their feet where loadshedding would just detonate the transformer and set them back to zero is not on.

Areas that haven't been impacted though. The shedding should never have stopped in the first place.

 

[wingnut771]

It's up to Eskom. They're saying loadshedding is coming. You're saying "hey that's not fair". I'm saying it is fair.

I hope you're all caught up now. Prepare yourself.

Seriously the idea that because some areas got completely wrecked means that you don't have to endure any inconvenience at the expense of the rest of the country is idiotic.

I'm not saying that at all. I'm saying we have a reduced load like its stage 8 loadshedding ALREADY.

If Eskom starts LS here, then we will be shedding like it's stage 10 nationally. Go and fly a kite!

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

payback is a b****

 

[porchrat]

I'm not saying that at all. I'm saying we have a reduced load like its stage 8 loadshedding ALREADY.

You haven't. Some other poor individuals have been reduced like it's stage infinity. None of this "we" garbage.

If Eskom starts LS here, then we will be shedding like it's stage 10 nationally. Go and fly a kite!

No your area will be shed like it's stage 6. Just like the rest of us. Other people's misfortune should not excuse areas with infrastructure not impacted by the floods. Eskom is a national problem. No individual South African should be getting out of this without inconvenience.