Cape Town - Power utility Eskom says load shedding will continue to be implemented at Stage 3 until 4pm on Tuesday and, thereafter, Stage 4 from 4pm on Wednesday and Stage 5 will be implemented on Thursday.
The power utility said a generating unit each at Camden, Kriel, Matla and Matimba power stations, had returned to service in the past 24 hours.
They blamed the heightened load shedding on breakdowns of a unit each at Duvha, Lethabo, Majuba and Tutuka power stations.
Eskom said these units had to be taken offline for repairs.
“The delay in returning a unit each to service at Arnot, Camden, Duvha and Kendal power stations are contributing to the current capacity constraints,” Eskom said in a statement.
Eskom further said breakdowns currently amounted to 19 031MW of generating capacity while 4 174MW of generating capacity was out of service for planned maintenance.
Eskom said it would publish another update as soon as any significant changes occur.
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