poweralert....

[BuckRogers]

Evening Peak Feedback 14/06/2022 17:44
Total Demand: 31 185MW
@Eskom_SA
Available Generation Capacity: 29 457MW
Interruptible Load Supply: 447MW
Virtual Power Station: 127MW
Eskom OCGT's Utilised: 12
IPP OCGTs: 6
Renewable Gen: 1 262MW (Wind 1 255MW, CSP 7MW)

I'm never sure how to interpret this.
Demand is more than available, but no LS?
Maybe available excludes OCGT capacity

 

[xumwun]

I'm never sure how to interpret this.
Demand is more than available, but no LS?
Maybe available excludes OCGT capacity

It does exclude OCGT as well as ILS, Virtual Power Station and renewables.

 

[Ivork]

Not looking good

 

[The_Librarian]

Get ready bois.

 

[Vox Populi Vox Dei]

Not looking good

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@Lupus says we should always wait until around 12PM for the update though...

 

[The_Librarian]

@Lupus says we should always wait until around 12PM for the update though...

Then everybody runs around like Chicken Little and the queue for diesel at the fuel station is very long...

Nah, best to get prepared early, avoid the rush, and know you're all good.

 

[Brian_G]

Depends though.. wind expected to die down.
Tomorrow morning is the worst. Then it's nearly over.

 

[Brian_G]

BTW, more in Gauteng next Tues.

 

[Lupus]

Then everybody runs around like Chicken Little and the queue for diesel at the fuel station is very long...

Nah, best to get prepared early, avoid the rush, and know you're all good.

They only update it mid day

 

[bwana]

Then everybody runs around like Chicken Little and the queue for diesel at the fuel station is very long...

Nah, best to get prepared early, avoid the rush, and know you're all good.

You can store diesel for at least 6 months.

 

[Lupus]

You can store diesel for at least 6 months.

In SA you can store petrol for that long as well, as it's got the right additives

 

[cenredash]

You can store diesel for at least 6 months.

In south africa? Diesel won't last until the second night.

 

[Brian_G]

BTW, more in Gauteng next Tues.

That's now not looking nearly as bad as today.

 

[Vox Populi Vox Dei]

That's now not looking nearly as bad as today.

Beautiful crisp autumn day in CT though after 2.5 days of heavy rains...

 

[Mike Angelo]

In SA you can store petrol for that long as well, as it's got the right additives

Maybe we should start investing in petrol...

 

[Lupus]

Maybe we should start investing in petrol...

Problem is that there are "laws" with regards to how much petrol you can store and how.

 

[R13...]

Problem is that there are "laws" with regards to how much petrol you can store and how.

Laws with good reason too.

 

[Lupus]

Laws with good reason too.

As are most laws, but not in SA as you need to actually enforce them.

 

[wingnut771]

Can someone explain why we haven't had blackouts when for the last few days the green line has been higher than the red line?

 

[Brian_G]

Can someone explain why we haven't had blackouts when for the last few days the green line has been higher than the red line?

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