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Eskom restores power supply

Eskom restores power supply

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28th January 2015

By: Creamer Media Reporter

  

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Power utility Eskom halted load shedding at 14:00 on Wednesday, thanking customers for responding to its call to reduce power consumption.

"[This] has enabled us to stop load shedding earlier than anticipated," Eskom said in a statement.

The utility announced early on Wednesday morning that it would again be implementing stage one load shedding between 10:00 and 22:00 on Wednesday – the third consecutive day of power cuts.

The decision was taken to enable Eskom to manage dam levels at its pumped storage schemes.

“At our pumped storage schemes, our dam levels are low because we were not able to pump the water back to full capacity over the past weekend. This is mainly because they were in use over the weekend to meet demand.

“Ordinarily, the weekends are used to pump our dam levels to maximum capacity in preparation for the forecasted increased demand in electricity during the week,” Eskom said in a statement.

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Online

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