Light at end of tunnel as Eskom suspends power cuts
Eskom has announced that load shedding will be suspended at 5am on Saturday.
The embattled power utility has continued to implement varying stages of load shedding throughout the month of September and the first week of October, blaming it on a shortage of generation capacity and breakdowns at power stations.
Eskom spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha says the utility anticipate lower demands over the weekend, which made it possible to suspend load shedding.
"While the generation capacity constraints persist, the suspension of load shedding is possible due to the anticipated lower weekend demand, as well as adequate levels of emergency generation reserves.
“Since yesterday afternoon a generation unit each at Camden, Grootvlei, Hendrina, Kendal, Kriel, Majuba and Tutuka power stations have returned to service," says Mantshantsha.
This while a generating unit at Duvha Power Station was taken offline for repairs.
The struggling utility is currently running at 5 512MW on planned maintenance, while another 13 484MW of capacity is unavailable due to breakdowns.
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