Eskom says in a statement that the risk of load-shedding today (24 January) is low.
”The system is constrained this morning, but the risk of load-shedding remains low,” said Eskom. “We enough capacity to meet the demand for electricity. In addition, the emergency reserves, which are diesel and water at our open cycle gas turbines (OCGTs) and pumped storage schemes respectively, were replenished to adequate levels overnight and will be utilised to supplement capacity, should the need arise.”
The unplanned outages were at 13065 MW as at 6:00 this morning. Eskom said it will continue working on reducing breakdowns to below 9 500 MW in order to increase available capacity and limit the risk of load-shedding.
“We are monitoring the system closely and we will continue to give periodic updates on the status of the power system.”
Here are tips, provided by Eskom, that you can use to help limit the level of load-shedding:
- Set air-conditioners’ average temperature at 23ºC
- Switch off your geysers over peak periods
- Use the cold water tap rather than using the geyser every time
- Set your swimming pool pump cycle to run twice a day, three hours at a time for optimal energy use
- At the end of the day, turn off computers, copiers, printers and fax machines at the switch. Avoid standby or sleep mode
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