12/27/2022
South Africa passed 200 days of power cuts in 2022 on Tuesday, with more to come.
Eskom said it will ramp up power cuts from so-called stage-1 load shedding, where it removes 1,000 megawatts from the grid, to stage 3 from 4 p.m.
local tine until 5 a.m. for the rest of the week. It will cut 2,000 megawatts from 5 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wednesday, the utility said on Twitter. Eskom has implemented record rotational blackouts this year because its old and poorly maintained power stations continually break down.
Eskom supplies most of the nation’s electricity and doesn’t generate enough revenue to cover its operating costs and interest bill, leaving it dependent on state bailouts to survive.
Its outgoing CEO warned Friday that the power supply outlook for next year will be very constrained, and blackouts will continue until an additional 4,000 megawatts to 6,000 megawatts of generating capacity is added to the grid.
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