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The South African state-owned electricity utility-ESKOM will implement power cuts during the evening peak on Monday and Tuesday. Between 5 pm and 10 pm, South Africans have to reduce the usage of electricity and switch off all non-essential items. Several power stations not working have contributed to the breakdown. Some were down due to planned maintenance. The power deficit country experiences a 16,307MW loss in generating capacity due to breakdowns
The South African state-owned electricity utility-ESKOM will implement power cuts during the evening peak on Monday and Tuesday. Between 5 pm and 10 pm, South Africans have to reduce the usage of electricity and switch off all non-essential items.
Several power stations not working have contributed to the breakdown. Some were down due to planned maintenance. The power deficit country experiences a 16,307MW loss in generating capacity due to breakdowns. Consequently, load shedding will be increased to stage 4. It would only be implemented as a last resort to protect the national grid, ESKOM maintained.
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Load shedding comprises 8 stages and the higher the load shedding stage, the more frequently customers experience it. Stage 4 means power cuts could be increased to 4,000 MW. If the impact will be less pronounced on business owners, the domestic consumers will bear the brunt. Ongoing electricity disruption threatens to affect South Africa’s economy. It is found that in 2020 load shedding cost South Africa’s economy R500 million per stage, per day.
