poweralert stage 2.....

[Lupus]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1737515608051196187

28GW availability on Monday

Down almost 2GW on Tuesday

 

[wingnut771]

 

[Lupus]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1737515608051196187

28GW availability on Monday

Down almost 2GW on Tuesday, but looking at this there has been a massive spike in maintenance

 

[Mercury12]

Down almost 2GW on Tuesday, but looking at this there has been a massive spike in maintenance View attachment 1636423

Maybe they are anticipating a further drop in demand from this weekend

 

[Lupus]

Maybe they are anticipating a further drop in demand from this weekend

Possible or they increased maintenance

 

[wingnut771]

Possible or they increased maintenance

or something broke without warning, probably Kusile.

 

[Nom Chompsky]

Possible or they increased maintenance

If I recall correctly, the highest amount of planned maintenance in a 52-week cycle will be next week, which makes sense all things considered.

 

[DarkSt0rm]

If I recall correctly, the highest amount of planned maintenance in a 52-week cycle will be next week, which makes sense all things considered.

Gotta apply new layers of duct tape to hold everything together specifically in that one week

 

[TheChamp]

Lights should stay on over festive season, says electricity minister | Business

Power demand is below supply, despite an increase in "aggressive maintenance".

www.news24.com

 

[Brian_G]

Lights should stay on over festive season, says electricity minister | Business

Power demand is below supply, despite an increase in "aggressive maintenance".

www.news24.com

Well, there you have it. All confirmed and as believed in the thread.
Thanks for being brave and still posting it here Mr. Champ ;-)

 

[Brian_G]

He's being a bit over optimistic again (and more honest), but let's see....

Load shedding is currently suspended until at least Friday afternoon. While Ramakgopa would not be drawn on how long this would last, he did intimate that the real test for electricity supply would be in the new year, when industry returns.

"The lights will remain on, going into the near future. The trend line is positive. What we will celebrate is if we can sustain it."

 

[Lupus]

He's being a bit over optimistic again (and more honest), but let's see....

He does know that Friday afternoon is when the festivities really start right? Big drop in generation again

 

[Mannydefreitas]

If Minister of Electricity fixes ESKOM than he hasn't got a job anymore. So he ain't gonna fix anything....

If he fixes Eskom he can have that corrupt useless Pravins job.

Pravin can then be dragged into the street and shot...

 

[Mannydefreitas]

I'd rather have stage 2 and more maintenance than no Loadshedding and less maintenance.

 

[Brian_G]

I'd rather have stage 2 and more maintenance than no Loadshedding and less maintenance.

Don't like it, but have to agree :-(

 

[Lupus]

I'd rather have stage 2 and more maintenance than no Loadshedding and less maintenance.

Maintenance is already at 17% which is way higher then its been in a long time, if we can get away with high maintenance and no shedding I'll rather have that thanks

 

[Brian_G]

Maintenance is already at 17% which is way higher then its been in a long time

We're years behind, remember the fuss about it?

 

[Lupus]

We're years behind, remember the fuss about it?

Already 3% higher almost 4% then last year, plus break downs are 7% lower, we are sitting at close to 57% EAF and considering that breakdowns are over 11kw means it's actually better then last year.
But come to think of it last year this time we were stage 5/6

 

[Brian_G]

Already 3% higher almost 4% then last year, plus break downs are 7% lower, we are sitting at close to 57% EAF and considering that breakdowns are over 11kw means it's actually better then last year.
But come to think of it last year this time we were stage 5/6

So this whole year was the sacrifice to catch up enough, maybe?

 

[Lupus]

So this whole year was the sacrifice to catch up enough, maybe?

No idea, though remember since Oct last year we've not had almost 3GW from Kusile, which did come online over the last 3 months, so it's now using 4 out of the 6 units with the 5th one synching soon.