Eskom cautiously optimistic about power outages

Eskom issued a press release on 13 December and said they have not implemented loadshedding for four consecutive days and the probability remains low until Sunday, 13 January.

They also said it is because of the expected decrease in demand as businesses and industries close down for the festive break.

According to them, heavy rain over the December to March period could impact coal handling and feeding to the boilers with a potential impact on generation production.

They warned customers however, that since the system remains vulnerable, any shift could increase the probability of loadshedding.

Local power outages could occur due to technical faults on the distribution network and not due to loadshedding.