poweralert stage 2.....

[CrypticZA]

Wow 27.5.... Demand is up though

 

[Vorastra]

And now tomorrow I get to see if I'm really in the group the new Durban load-shedding map says, or if I'm in the one I think I'm supposed to be in, because if it's the one on the map then my area never gets load-shed until stage 7/8.

 

[wingnut771]

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Wow 27.5.... Demand is up though

And winter is still coming.

 

[wingnut771]

And now tomorrow I get to see if I'm really in the group the new Durban load-shedding map says, or if I'm in the one I think I'm supposed to be in, because if it's the one on the map then my area never gets load-shed until stage 7/8.

I just used esp.

 

[Nom Chompsky]

And winter is still coming.

Some of that 'extra' demand is definitely due to load-shifting. The peak will be even higher with Stages 7 & 8 [if we hit that]. It would be interesting to see the peak from last year at this date. That 34GW is super-high.

 

[wingnut771]

Some of that 'extra' demand is definitely due to load-shifting. The peak will be even higher with Stages 7 & 8 [if we hit that]. It would be interesting to see the peak from last year at this date. That 34GW is super-high.

@Priapus must be squirming.

 

[Pablo37]

Some of that 'extra' demand is definitely due to load-shifting. The peak will be even higher with Stages 7 & 8 [if we hit that]. It would be interesting to see the peak from last year at this date. That 34GW is super-high.

FROM DATA 24th May 2022

https://twitter.com/x/status/1529148893686030338

 

[Nom Chompsky]

FROM DATA 24th May 2022

https://twitter.com/x/status/1529148893686030338

So about an extra 2.5GW due to load-shifting. There is no way this increase in power demand is due to a growing economy...

 

[Vorastra]

I just used esp.

The map has been wrong for my area for years.

 

[wingnut771]

So about an extra 2.5GW due to load-shifting. There is no way this increase in power demand is due to a growing economy...

 

[wingnut771]

The map has been wrong for my area for years.

I've don't use the map as it sucks. Had the same issue when I stayed in glen park a couple of years ago.

 

[Priapus]

@Priapus must be squirming.

Nah I’m not convinced we will go above S6. Yet.

 

[Lupus]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1661443946772398092

And it wasn't even that cold in JHB

 

[Lupus]

Some of that 'extra' demand is definitely due to load-shifting. The peak will be even higher with Stages 7 & 8 [if we hit that]. It would be interesting to see the peak from last year at this date. That 34GW is super-high.

Not exceptionally high

 

[Brian_G]

Nah I’m not convinced we will go above S6. Yet.

Agreed.

I'm still convinced there's regularly some sort of smoke-screen - the way OCGTs usage widely jumps up and down yet we keep a "steady" stage 4 to 6 emergency level.
One thing that does explain it clearly - ANC

 

[Brian_G]

So the revised schedules are still going ahead?

Nvm found link

Joburg’s City Power weighs plan to shed outages

Eskom's load shedding is destroying profits and jobs in small businesses.

t.co

Johannesburg’s City Power is in talks with Eskom to reduce outages.

City Power officials have proposed that the duration of blackouts in Johannesburg, home to more than five million people, be cut to two hours at a time to help businesses cope, spokesman Isaac Mangena said in an interview on Tuesday.

Should go ahead, Durbs already doing it.

Authorities are also discussing alternative sources of energy supply, including solar and gas, as well as initiatives including converting street lights to solar power, he said.

Reality of those ideas?

 

[wingnut771]

Nah I’m not convinced we will go above S6. Yet.

Bookmarked.

 

[Grieta Thanburg]

The map has been wrong for my area for years.

I hate to break it to you, but it's not the map that's wrong. Durban is just backward.

 

[Nom Chompsky]

And today marks the time that Durbanites rejoin the rest of the country in experiencing proper LS

 

[wingnut771]

Agreed.

I'm still convinced there's regularly some sort of smoke-screen - the way OCGTs usage widely jumps up and down yet we keep a "steady" stage 4 to 6 emergency level.
One thing that does explain it clearly - ANC

When they using almost all of them it tells me they are desperately trying to keep the illusion going. They would rather bankrupt themselves burning diesel and wash hands with 25 year old whiskey than to raise the stage another level.