{"id":57446,"date":"2023-02-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailysouthafrica.com\/?guid=6f3b66618a8b4bab9270e4265eadac42"},"modified":"2023-02-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T00:00:00","slug":"eskom-warns-of-possible-stage-6-loadshedding-for-sunday-evening-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailysouthafrica.com\/eskom-warns-of-possible-stage-6-loadshedding-for-sunday-evening-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Eskom warns of possible Stage 6 loadshedding for Sunday evening"},"content":{"rendered":"
Eskom has warned the public Stage 6 load shedding could be implemented on Sunday evening.<\/P>
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The warning came after the power utility implemented Stage 6 power cuts between 8pm on Saturday and 5am on Sunday in an effort to create space to replenish the emergency generation reserves.<\/P>
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Thereafter Stage 4 load shedding was implemented until further notice, with the possibility that Stage 6 load shedding might again be implemented during Sunday night.<\/P>
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The power utility scaled up the stages shortly after it said on Friday, around 10pm, the turbine on Unit 2 of the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station tripped while replacing a failed electronic turbine protection module.<\/P>
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\u201cThe reactor responded to the turbine trip by reducing power and it remained critical, as designed, with no nuclear safety consequences,\u201d said Eskom spokesperson Sikhonathi Mantshantsha in a statement.<\/P>
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He said this enabled the unit to be returned to service quickly and the unit was resynchronised to the grid just before Saturday morning.<\/P>
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Earlier, he had said over the course of the day the unit would increase power back up to full load.<\/P>
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The unit had been online for an uninterrupted 145 days when this occurred.<\/P>
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Source: South African Government News Agency<\/P>
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