A national emergency: Eskom moves to stage-6 load shedding
by Duncan McLeod
Eskom has implemented stage-6 load shedding as the problems at the failed state-owned utility keep mounting.
“We regret and sincerely apologise that stage-4 load shedding will move to stage-6 load shedding as from 6pm today as a result of a shortage of capacity,” the company said on Twitter.
“This follows a technical problem at the Medupi power station impacting additional generation capacity.”
Stage-6 power cuts mean Eskom is shedding a massive 6GW of electricity from its national grid. Eskom has load-shedding stages between 1 and 8, with stage 8 involving the 8GW of power being removed from the grid. — (c) 2019 NewsCentral Media
