No partying in the dark this New Year’s Eve
No load shedding is expected today or on New Year’s Day.
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Eskom says despite a constrained and vulnerable system, no load shedding is expected on New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day.
This, they say, is mainly due to a drop in demand during the holiday period, combined with the “expected return of some generating units to service”.
Date: 31 December 2019
Despite a constrained and vulnerable system, no loadshedding is expected today and on New Year’s Day@News24 @TimesLIVE @eNCA @iol @SABCNewsOnline @TheCitizen_News @SAfmRadio @POWER987News @ukhozi_fm @METROFMSA @TheCitizen_News pic.twitter.com/LAuhieAKTb
— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) December 31, 2019
Technical teams will continue to work during the holiday period to carry out planned maintenance and to ensure that unplanned breakdowns are reduced to below 9.500MW.
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