Eskom has announced that there will be no load-shedding today, Sunday 13 December, as it has been able to recover sufficient capacity.
The national power supplier had previously announced it would implement stage 2 load-shedding from 06:00 until 23:00 on both Saturday 12 December and Sunday 13 December 2020.
“No loadshedding will be implemented today as the emergency generation reserves have sufficiently recovered,” said Eskom in a tweet.
“Eskom thanks the people of South Africa for support during loadshedding.”
It said that while it had been able to avoid load-shedding today, it is still important that South Africans use electricity sparingly.
“Eskom urges the public to continue using electricity sparingly as the power system is still severely constrained,” said Eskom.
“We will communicate timeously should there be any significant changes to the power system.”
Eskom noted that it currently has 8,229MW unavailable due to planned maintenance, while a further 10,661MW of capacity is unavailable due to unplanned maintenance.
“Eskom teams are working around the clock to return as many of these units to service as possible,” said Eskom.
No loadshedding will be implemented today as the emergency generation reserves have sufficiently recovered, Eskom thanks the people of South Africa for support during loadshedding@News24 @SABCNews @NewzroomAfrika @eNCA @IOL @ewnupdates @SundayTimesZA pic.twitter.com/8bTPVrsTWP
β Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) December 13, 2020
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