Load Shedding - the all in one thread

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20080120082635799C834936

Etzinger said electricity reserves had dropped during the past year from 7 percent to minus 17 percent because there had been a decline in generation performance.
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"a decline in generation performance" is a euphemism for "failing equipment".
And, there is no way for them to fix that equipment, while it is are running.
And since we are already short, it does not take a crystal ball to foresee the future.
 
Hehe, it the same as the "Unplanned Maintenance" that has to be done on stations from time to time......

Just say the blerry thing broke and get it over with, sheesh.....
 
nauseous_monkey said:
The GDP by definition is the Gross Domestic Profit, in other words Gross - Expenses = Income which is the GDP.
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wikipedia said:
A region's gross domestic product, or GDP, is one of the ways of measuring the size of its economy. The GDP of a country is defined as the total market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period of time (usually a calendar year).
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Rolling power blackouts to continue in SA

January 20, 2008, 18:15

South Africans can brace themselves for another week of rolling blackouts. Eskom says there be no let up any time soon.

President Thabo Mbeki and Buyela Sonjica the Minister of Minerals and Energy are to meet with Eskom leadership this evening in an attempt to address the crisis. Last week's frustrations will continue and they're here to stay. Eskom says it's a reality that consumers will have to live with.

Eskom MD for Corporate Services Steve Lennon says "unfortunately the demand for electricity still outstrips our ability to supply, and so it looks like there will be load shedding for most of the coming week. "
The power utility has also come under fire from the opposition who accuse them of supplying South Africa's neighbours at the expense of locals. But Eskom says it's not the case.

Lennon says most of the neighbouring states are on what they call uniform electricity contracts which means if Eskom is unable to sustain the power in South Africa they are also not able to supply the neighbouring states. The ANC National Executive Committee concluded its weekend Lekgotla today and have called for this problem to be addressed urgently. Eskom is also meeting with its biggest clients tomorrow following an outcry by the business community.

http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/general/0,2172,162777,00.html
 
More bad news from our friendly electricity supplier:
30% of Escom's generators are down.(broken) The rest are working at max capacity.(without maintenance)
Koeberg will be shut down on Monday to refuel.This process will take two months if all goes well......(what are the chances of that?)
 
MyselfY9Y said:

Lennon says most of the neighbouring states are on what they call uniform electricity contracts which means if Eskom is unable to sustain the power in South Africa they are also not able to supply the neighbouring states.
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What proof do we have? Is he willing to SHOW us there's no current in those wires during our black (brown) outs ?
The "most" also needs to be clarified. Can be Swaziland (who uses like 5mW per day perhaps) or Zim (who we fear dont have generating capacity of its own).
 
MyselfY9Y said:
Eskom MD for Corporate Services Steve Lennon says "unfortunately the demand for electricity still outstrips our ability to supply, and so it looks like there will be load shedding for most of the coming week. "
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And yet still no explanation of the recent problems.

Every single top management clown that has worked for eskom in the last 10 years should be blacklisted from ever getting a job again.
 
I read an article on News24 about the loadshedding in SA, The Democratic Alliance is to quiz government on why state utility Eskom is supplying power to South Africa's neighbours when its own people are having to deal with rolling blackouts. They are to cancel these contract and deal with SA first.Stop exporting power.
http://www.news24.com/News24/South_A...255231,00.html
There is also new site call: www.eskomstories.co.za
 
The_Librarian said:
Seen that too - Friday afternoon it was mostly brown, then all of a sudden it showed lots of green.

Either they managed to resuscitate another generator unit, or they "tweaked" the application to show more green instead of brown :rolleyes:

har-de-har-har :rolleyes::rolleyes:
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Or they cut off Zim etc...
 
Moederloos said:
Or they cut off Zim etc...
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They discontinued power supply to Zimbabwe,Botswana,Mozambique and Swaziland from this morning.....
Koeberg is still going down today.
Our problems is just starting.....
What does a moth do at night?............... it goes to a light scource!
 
Piepalook said:
They discontinued power supply to Zimbabwe,Botswana,Mozambique and Swaziland from this morning.....
Koeberg is still going down today.
Our problems is just starting.....
What does a moth do at night?............... it goes to a light scource!
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Ok cool, so there won't be too many moths by me.. Just wish the mozzies would follow them! :D
 
Anyone know when the new tariff comes into effect? I'm on a prepaid meter, so I'm thinking maybe I'll stock up just before that :)
 
I have noticed a considerable rise in the amount of tenders for UPS and Generators.

What I would give to be able to sell them. :)
 
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