Cape in the dark...again
2006-02-28 07:31
Johannesburg - There will again be rolling blackouts in the Western Cape on Tuesday, Eskom announced in a news release.
This was necessitated by multiple line faults that occurred at 02:13 that interrupted power to the province.
Large parts of the Cape peninsula were left in the dark early on Tuesday morning.
"The Droerivier-Bacchus high voltage transmission line (400kV) that runs between Beaufort West and Worcester tripped," Eskom said.
"This caused an over voltage on the network resulting in several other transmission lines in the Western Cape network tripping. Power supply to the Western Cape and some parts of the Northern Cape was interrupted."
Koeberg Power Station responded to the unusual activity on the network and removed itself from the national electricity grid. Koeberg Unit 2 is currently not generating electricity.
"At 02:23, the northern ring of the Cape transmission network was stabilised and restored. Power supply to the Northern Cape and some parts of the Western Cape was restored."
An Eskom mobile team was dispatched to go on site to investigate the cause of the fault that resulted in the tripping of the Droerivier-Bacchus transmission line.
There would be more load shedding in the Western Cape on Tuesday.
- SAPA