In 2022 we had to deal with power outages(Load shedding it's called)..... We were without power for 147 days....that's a total of 3528 hrs...🤬🤬🤬🤬... believe it or not it's actually getting worse.....At the moment we don't have power for between 9 and 12 hrs a day....EVERYDAY!!... Like I've said before Never take for granted where you live.... Other than that everything is just dandy.... Stay well Frens...
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ESKOM , which is the sole Energy supplier owned by the state needs approx 6000MW at the moment to keep the lights on ... They have +-60000MW capacity of which +- 14000MW is offline due to planned maintenance...+-17000MW is offline due to breakdowns....That leaves half of the Capacity that we have available...Not forgetting that the Cable thieves come out during these planned power outages(Loadshedding...They have a timetable of where and when the power will be turned off!) to steal what they can making the situation even worse...
https://www.eskom.co.za/dataportal/outage-performance/weekly-eskom-generation-capacity-breakdown/
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ESKOM+generating+capacity&atb=v314-1&ia=web
Your point on offline due to breakdowns is important. Continued neglect ("managed decline" according to my VP) , will result in much more offline than need be. These facilities are quite literally falling apart around us. Its gotten much worse in my time here.
Do they at least keep emergency services powered?
No ..🤬
So hospitals are cut off during those blackouts?
Yip....They have to run off their own Generators....