Eskom lightens up for next week
25/04/2008 07:11  - (SA)  

Eskom briefing blacked out Eskom: SA neighbours pay less Substations 'waiting to blow' Eskom rehires spin-doctor Power cuts hit Transnet Power protesters gather in city Power restored for man's op Power cut at the bank Eskom sets up 'crisis' team No tariff hike, more power cuts

Johannesburg - South Africans will be free of scheduled power cuts next week, said Eskom on Thursday.

It will be a short working week because of public holidays, and the parastatal said the scheduled power cuts would not go ahead as demand was historically lower on public holidays.

It said in a statement that although demand for power in the evenings was expected to be "tight", it did not expect to go ahead with load shedding unless "additional problems" were experienced.

Eskom said it was working with municipalities on initiatives to reduce the demand for electricity by the required 10% and municipalities that achieved reduction would be exempted from load shedding as long as the reduction was maintained.

The announcement on Thursday came amid protests about Eskom's proposed 53% tariff hike and with trade unions expressing concern about possible job losses due to the power crisis, and its effect on economic growth.

 

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