poweralert....

[wingnut771]

Also no mention of any diesel used hmm hiding info from us? :thinking:

either run out, or saving it for monday to avoid stage 8.

 

[wingnut771]

Now that de Ruyter has left, consider it a thing of the past. No ways the ANC will allow it in the runup to the 2024 election.

then the transformers will just blow up and they get no leccy instead of some.

win win.

 

[Lupus]

-1k MW again?

Also it's 1GW

 

[Lupus]

They can't seem to get above 24k for more than a day at a time.

We were above it for 2 days and last week as well. But it doesn't last long

 

[CrypticZA]

Also it's 1GW

Yea typo big oof

 

[DarkSt0rm]

either run out, or saving it for monday to avoid stage 8.

New financial year kicks in in a few days, so doubt they are saving ****. Guess there is either a generation or logistic supply issue.

The fact that they aren't even running the IPP OCGT makes me think that stage 6 is what we deal with now. Stage 4 was just a warmup.

 

[wingnut771]

New financial year kicks in in a few days, so doubt they are saving ****. Guess there is either a generation or logistic supply issue.

The fact that they aren't even running the IPP OCGT makes me think that stage 6 is what we deal with now. Stage 4 was just a warmup.

Well, I'm sure they want to avoid stage 8 at all costs. It was a close call this week with stage 8 levels being called stage 6.

Maybe it should be called stage 6eish.

 

[B-1]

Surely there is some regulation forcing them to declare stages?

 

[RonSwanson]

Surely there is some regulation forcing them to declare stages?

Since when did the ANC give 2 fscks about Acts of law, let alone regulations? They are The Great Liberation Party who can do whatever they want.

 

[Temujin]

Since when did the ANC give 2 fscks about Acts of law, let alone regulations? They are The Great Liberation Party who can do whatever they want.

Yep, they are also bound in constitution/bill of rights etc to provide cheap reliable electricity... thats just working out great now isn't it

 

[Cranjus McBasketball]

Well it's already Saturday and no update so looks like another weekend without reprieve. Winter's gonna suck

 

[Priapus]

We had 157 days last year. We're already 34% of the way there and it's not even March yet

Madness.

Maybe a miracle will happen and winter will be fine, right?!

 

[Lupus]

Madness.

Maybe a miracle will happen and winter will be fine, right?!

Pissing against the wind

 

[Cranjus McBasketball]

Madness.

Maybe a miracle will happen and winter will be fine, right?!

Sure. Why not.

 

[The_Librarian]

Madness.

Maybe a miracle will happen and winter will be fine, right?!

"The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things..."

 

[Vox Populi Vox Dei]

Madness.

Maybe a miracle will happen and winter will be fine, right?!

The only extra capacity by June is the returning Koeberg unit and Medupi Unit 5. About 1.7GW in total. And that is if everything is completed on time. That's far less than the extra demand in winter.

 

[Lupus]

The only extra capacity by June is the returning Koeberg unit and Medupi Unit 5. About 1.7GW in total. And that is if everything is completed on time. That's far less than the extra demand in winter.

They were supposed to bring back 9GW this week, guess that didn't happen, barely seems like they even got the first 3GW de Ruyters said they would.
And of course no updates for a week just stage 6 until further notice and the ANC doesn't even pretend to care, there should be war rooms, press conferences the main focus should be trying to get out of 6 months of continuous load shedding.
Instead bickering, name calling and them partying, ffs I hope this clearly shows the people how little the ANC cares for them.

 

[1am7h30n3]

They were supposed to bring back 9GW this week, guess that didn't happen, barely seems like they even got the first 3GW de Ruyters said they would.

Yeah what happened to all that capacity that was supposed to return?! Been an entire week of fixing and no real progress.

 

[Brian_G]

How do you divert attention from the Andre issue? Make the current "emergency" look and feel more real. (And later play the hero.)

Cheapskates Thieves not using diesel despite being given basically an unlimited budget from Treasury for such (as implied by De Ruyter at his press conference).

FTFY

Also no mention of any diesel used hmm hiding info from us? :thinking:

Diesel costs megabucks, better to put it in their pockets.

 

[xumwun]

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It does appear that they are loadshedding more than they really need to.
Does this shortfall really warrant stage 6 all day?