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Public Enterprises spokesperson Ellis Mnyandu said Eskom “will be best-placed to assist you in this regard”.
Responding to the Sunday Independent’s inquiry, Padayachee said the NRS048-9 edition 3 would specify load-reduction stages, load shedding and load curtailment to advanced levels of load shedding greater than stage 8.
“This is a drive to make utilities ready for all emergency levels as a matter of principle, not with any expectation of using any or all of the higher stages.
“The requirement within the document is for readiness for this, but it does not specify how this must be achieved.
“High levels of load shedding could also have deleterious impacts on networks, so electricity utilities are required to study and understand this impact and change the load-shedding methodology to avoid…
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Sunday Independent (Digital) - 1 Issue, 2023-05-14