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lexity said:
If you do a search on 'National Rationalised Specifications (NRS) Association of South Africa' you don't get a website, you get a lot of media articles many which are sharing slight variations in the headline and preamble. Some even share the leading picture.

Do a search. There is no authoritative website by that name.

Bit odd.
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I saw some documents relating to them going back a long way though, some via the SABS, but here is some more info on them on the Eskom page:
 
The goal appears laudible.... restructure the schedule to reduce the actual shedding. "[But sorry, on a need to know basis.... which we will decide]".

p.s. I've always wondered why they call it "load shedding" and not "supply rationing".
 
Parched said:
I saw some documents relating to them going back a long way though, some via the SABS, but here is some more info on them on the Eskom page:
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Right. So there it is. A handful of organizations.

You need to register, unless you are an ESKOM employee, or you'll be denied access.

You can join, apparently, though you need to register, and then be given a password.

Hm. Don't like the sound of that. It's either publicly accessible and open and transparent, without registration, or it is private and hence requires permission.

I mean, at least it is a hat-tip to the lawful concept of a private member association, which is available to everyone you would think. But the guiding hand of energy supply oriented policy needs to operate like this?

And still no link to a website.
 
lexity said:
The goal appears laudible.... restructure the schedule to reduce the actual shedding. "[But sorry, on a need to know basis.... which we will decide]".
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Sounds like nonsense (or distraction). How does any shifting, location or time related, change the bottom-line required shedding??
 
Brian_G said:
Sounds like nonsense (or distraction). How does any shifting, location or time related, change the bottom-line required shedding??
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If the most of the country is on a two-hour schedule using every even hour, maybe changing this to have half of the areas on uneven hours would "flatten the peak curve?"
 
ajax said:
If the most of the country is on a two-hour schedule using every even hour, maybe changing this to have half of the areas on uneven hours would "flatten the peak curve?"
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We're supplied directly by Eskom and a while back they shifted our schedule by an hour so we're on odd hours... not sure how widespread the change was.

Anyway, haven't heard from the electricity minister for a bit, but seems he's back in action today:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1654388104353005568
 
ajax said:
If the most of the country is on a two-hour schedule using every even hour, maybe changing this to have half of the areas on uneven hours would "flatten the peak curve?"
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Any kind of fine tuning is likely to fall flat on its face as they can't keep anything stable. Think how often they keep changing the shed plans in the last few months, sometimes a few times a day.
 
Jesus...

Since yesterday morning, a generating unit each at Hendrina, Lethabo and Tutuka power stations have returned to service.

Over the past 24 hours a generation unit each at Camden, Kendal, Majuba, and two generating units at Duvha power stations were taken out of service due to breakdowns.

Furthermore, the delay in returning units to service at Arnot, Camden, Hendrina, Kendal and Matla power stations continue to add to the current capacity constraints.
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So I'm curious, would it not be better to reduce LC and rather run more OCGTs? It would obviously cost Eskom more, but would be better for the economy, no?
 
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