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Stage three loadshedding means Eskom is 4 000MW short of the electricity demand, forecast on Thursday to be around 28 000MW. It is the highest level of loadshedding contemplated in Eskom’s published material. Although it has 45 583MW at its disposal, the utility can apparently only access 24 000MW due to “planned and unplanned” maintenance.
Nersa put Eskom’s generation capacity at 45 563MW, including power imports, renewable energy and energy it buys from other parties.
Nersa put the reserve margin for 2014 that Eskom was supposed to have at 31.72%, although the state utility currently has a zero- and at times negative reserve margin, hence the loadshedding.
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