Expect daily load shedding until businesses shut for the holidays

[BusinessTech]

Expect daily load shedding until businesses shut for the holidays

Power utility Eskom said on Tuesday that it will implement stage 2 load-shedding, again because of a shortage of power grid capacity.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Hmmm so another 12 days of this crap then (and MAYBE they'll be nice and let off for Christmas), then back again next year..

Fsck em properly... I will be taking as much of my house off grid as is economically feasible at this point.... The decision has been made.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

strange the timing of these load shedding,

I think eskom wants to get its christmas bonuses or something.

 

[Sinbad]

strange the timing of these load shedding,

I think eskom wants to get its christmas bonuses or something.

https://www.iol.co.za/business-repo...ue-as-nersa-allows-eskom-tariff-hike-17332011

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

Hmmm so another 12 days of this crap then (and MAYBE they'll be nice and let off for Christmas), then back again next year..

Fsck em properly... I will be taking as much of my house off grid as is economically feasible at this point.... The decision has been made.

It's an option, but the fsckup for some of us is that when the power goes, the water follows soon after because the pumps are unable to get water to the reservoir.

JHB Water obviously hasn't heard of backup generators...

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

it'll never end.
we must just accept it and adjust how we live.
Africa

 

[ToxicBunny]

It's an option, but the fsckup for some of us is that when the power goes, the water follows soon after because the pumps are unable to get water to the reservoir.

JHB Water obviously hasn't heard of backup generators...

I'm expecting that to happen at some point as well to be honest in my neck of the woods... but I will cross that bridge after I've blown all my money sorting out the power issue.

 

[R13...]

We're screwed either way,
- When business closes it means Eskom will also not have any available contractors for patching up the issues they have with their generating plant
- Because businesses will have closed, the only way they can get in contractors will be at ridiculously expensive rates making the maintenance crazy expensive
- Or they leave the maintenance until early next year meaning we'll just pick up where we left off next year at stage 2

 

[zahpat]

they do this load shedding to justify the increases they put to the table....

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

they do this load shedding to justify the increases they put to the table....

yup, old story