Eskom Says It Plans to Cut 2,000 Megawatts From South Africa Grid
Electrical power lines hang from transmission pylons in South Africa.
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South Africa’s state-owned power utility will cut 2,000 megawatts of supply from the national grid because it lost additional generating units overnight.
Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. will start rotational blackouts, known locally as load-shedding, at 9 a.m., ending at 10 p.m., Johannesburg-based utility said on its Twitter account Friday. It had earlier said it would cut 1,000 megawatts.