Eskom released a statement on Tuesday saying the power utility noted with concern various social media posts claiming the country would soon be plunged into a blackout following the imminent collapse of the national electricity grid:
This sent the country into panic mode, according towhich added that many energy experts say South Africa is, in reality, already in stage 10 loadshedding.
In its statement, however, Eskom said ‘the risk of a national blackout, while inherent to the operation of a large power system, has an extremely low likelihood of materialising given the implementation of a number of measures, including loadshedding’.The power utility added that at this stage, a complete loss of supply across the country would only occur in the result of unforeseen and sudden series of events causing a cascading collaps of the transmission or generation system.
In the statement, Eskom expressed confidence in the staff based in the system’s operator’s office, saying that they have had ‘the competence to manage the tight system for the past three years’.
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