Newcastle residents may not be able to indulge in a hot shower tomorrow morning.
Eskom announced a short while ago that it will be implementing stage 2 load-shedding from 10pm tonight due to the loss of three generation units, as well as unplanned breakdowns during the week and the depletion of emergency reserves.
“In order to shed the load required by Eskom, the Newcastle Municipality will be switching off residents’ geysers from 10pm till 5am tomorrow morning,” advised communications officer, Dr Dumisani Thabethe.
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Dr Thabethe added that it is very likely that load-shedding will continue tomorrow. However, this will be confirmed in due course.
“Our emergency levels are now at critically low levels, and need to be replenished overnight in order to meet tomorrow’s forecasted demand in electricity,” reads a press release issued by Eskom. “That said, the risk of load-shedding for tomorrow remains high if generating units do not return overnight as scheduled.”
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Residents are urged to switch off any unnecessary appliances and save electricity where possible in order to assist to reduce the demand on the system, and thereby lessen the level of load-shedding.
The ability of Newcastle Municipality to switch off geysers to shed the load required by Eskom, has made it possible for residents to continue to receive power supply when other towns are switched off.
