{"id":79959,"date":"2013-06-11T09:52:49","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T07:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=79959"},"modified":"2013-06-11T10:02:10","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T08:02:10","slug":"eskom-denies-load-shedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/79959-eskom-denies-load-shedding.html","title":{"rendered":"Eskom denies load shedding"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eskom<\/a> denied on Tuesday morning that “load shedding” has started, according to an interview broadcast on SAfm.<\/p>\n

According to radio reports, there were power cuts on Monday evening in Roodepoort, west of Johannesburg, Greymont in Randburg, and Houghton in northern Johannesburg.<\/p>\n

But Eskom spokeswoman Hilary Joffe<\/a> said: “They are not related to any national issues, even though the power system is tight.<\/p>\n

“We are aware of some power interruptions in certain municipal areas, so I think people should contact whoever their supplier is… .<\/p>\n

“I can’t speak for municipalities, but you do at any time find there will be interruption due to technical faults.”<\/p>\n

Joffe said Eskom was determined not to have to revert to scheduled power cuts.<\/p>\n

“When you talk about load shedding, we are determined not to get there. Load shedding would be a national phenomenon and it would not be specific to one province.<\/p>\n

“If we get very unlucky and it would happen, it would follow protocol which would rotate around all the areas of the country,” she told SAfm.<\/p>\n

Asked why some municipalities had already put up “load shedding schedules”, she said the electricity regulator had since 2010 required all electricity distributors to maintain “load shedding schedules as a preparedness measure”.<\/p>\n

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