LOAD SHEDDING can be expected from next week.
According to Moneweb website, Eskom CEO Tshediso Matona told stakeholders that one unexpected event at any of its power stations could push the country to the total failure of the national electricity system that may take weeks to resolve.
Eskom previously said it might take two weeks to restart the electricity system, should a national black-out occur.
A two-hour high level meeting on Monday afternoon was attended by about 100 representatives from business, several consultancy firms and organised agriculture. Apart from Matona, the meeting was also addressed by Eskom chair Zola Tsotsi and attended by members of the board and the whole Eskom executive.
Matona repeated his earlier statements that Eskom is not in a crisis, because the organisation is functional but in the next breath he said we were facing a national emergency.
He said the diesel budget was depleted and Eskom was hoping for money from government.
According to a calendar shown to delegates at the meeting, power failures [are possible] from middle January, the whole of February, March and April.
Matona told the meeting that Eskom’s interim profit of R9.3 billion will be wiped out in the second half and a mere R500 million profit is being projected for the financial year 2014/15.
In its system bulletin sent on Monday, Eskom forecast the following supply and demand for the week;
uMhlathuze Municipality load shedding schedule HERE
Eskom website HERE
