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[wingnut771]

Was it 1.8 the entire time or just at 7pm?

1.2GW @ 4pm
1.3GW @ 5pm
1.1GW @ 6pm
2.2GW @ 8pm
1.6GW @ 9pm
1.9GW @ 10pm

 

[Lupus]

1.2GW @ 4pm
1.3GW @ 5pm
1.1GW @ 6pm
2.2GW @ 8pm
1.6GW @ 9pm
1.9GW @ 10pm

Yeah not a single stage 4

 

[B-1]

1.8GW for the whole country? So why the hell did they (Eskom) put the country on Stage 4? That's Stage 2. The absolute bastards!

They keep about 2 GW in reserve when there is no diesel.

 

[Temujin]

Kids are also back to school from Wednesday. Sure we'll be at stage 5 latest Tuesday

6 by sunday to 'save and replenish reserves for the week ahead'

 

[Nom Chompsky]

They keep about 2 GW in reserve when there is no diesel.

But they have been burning diesel - well at least on the 27th of Dec. according to Moneyweb article here. Pretty sure the government has given their corrupt brothers from Petro SA the diesel contract to supply Eskom up until the end of March.

 

[wingnut771]

They keep about 2 GW in reserve when there is no diesel.

At 7pm, they were burning around 600MW of diesel, and only using 900MW out of 2.4GW of pumped storage.

 

[B-1]

But they have been burning diesel - well at least on the 27th of Dec. according to Moneyweb article here. Pretty sure the government has given their corrupt brothers from Petro SA the diesel contract to supply Eskom up until the end of March.

At 7pm, they were burning around 600MW of diesel, and only using 900MW out of 2.4GW of pumped storage.

I'm sure there was a message about it somewhere about not being able to rely on the OCGT's due to diesel issues. But I'm sure its all tales and stories at this point. I doubt we are getting much truth.

 

[Düber]

The problem is that there's no repercussions. Not finished with this unit meh, Im still getting paid.....we going to stage 6, ESKOM management don't worry, they still get paid. CEO And COO, there's no power, but its cool, we still get paid at the end of the day

Participation awards, everyone is a winner...

 

[Cranjus McBasketball]

Captain Obvious strikes again...

'We can’t go on like this,' says Mantashe as ANC deliberates on solutions to load shedding crisis | News24

The governing ANC on Friday admitted that the energy crisis facing the country had created a dent in public and investor confidence and can't be allowed to continue unabated.

www.news24.com

 

[Brian_G]

Here's the updated schedule :

Moanday - stage 4
Tuesday - stage 5 3 then 2 then 7
Wednesday - stage 6 1 then 8
Thursday - stage 7 break
Friday - stage 8 2 then 6 then 1

FTFY

 

[Cranjus McBasketball]

And the guy who started it all has an

Eskom needs to solve baseload crisis in short to medium-term - former Eskom CEO

Maroga said the short-term goal for the power utility should be to raise its energy availability factor to at least 75% of the maximum capacity available.

ewn.co.za

 

[Harmonic]

Captain Obvious strikes again...

'We can’t go on like this,' says Mantashe as ANC deliberates on solutions to load shedding crisis | News24

The governing ANC on Friday admitted that the energy crisis facing the country had created a dent in public and investor confidence and can't be allowed to continue unabated.

www.news24.com

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Where was this rockspider hiding for the last 15 years?

ANC always reactive, never proactive

 

[Cranjus McBasketball]

Where was this rockspider hiding for the last 15 years?

ANC always reactive, never proactive

Shem. It's tough to keep track of it all when you're 100 years old.

 

[B-1]

Where was this rockspider hiding for the last 15 years?

ANC always reactive, never proactive

Waiting for things to worsen so he can make deals with kickbacks and the taxpayer will thank him for it.

 

[The_Librarian]

What happened to the Karpowership deal?

 

[Azure 12]

Kids are also back to school from Wednesday. Sure we'll be at stage 5 latest Tuesday

You're optimistic

 

[ToxicBunny]

What happened to the Karpowership deal?

Locked in court.. And regardless of our current issues that deal should never be allowed to proceed.

 

[Sinbad]

 

[Jam Sandwich]

Did our bit for load shedding...12hrs no power...

Seems to be getting worse and its becoming a proper gamble if you can get power back on after a LS session...

 

[B-1]

Did our bit for load shedding...12hrs no power...

Seems to be getting worse and its becoming a proper gamble if you can get power back on after a LS session...

We used to have that issue years ago and they had to do major upgrades to our sub stations to fix it. I don't think there is money to do all of them though. Maybe try get the whole suburb to log a ticket every time it happens and see if that kicks you up the ladder for upgrades.