Pretoria - The power system is currently stable with the country having had 31 consecutive days of no load shedding, Eskom said on Wednesday.
“Eskom does not anticipate that there will be a need to load shed today as the power system is currently stable. However, the system remains vulnerable, meaning that any extra load or faults in the system may necessitate the need to implement load shedding,” said the power utility.
In summer the demand for electricity is high for most of the day predominantly due to the increased usage of air-conditioners, geysers and pool pumps.
“In addition, planned generation maintenance increases significantly in summer, and we have less capacity to supply demand. This means that the risk of load shedding remains high throughout the day in summer until 10pm."
This makes it important for consumers to continue to reduce consumption during summer too. - SAnews.gov.za
