South Africa’s Eskom Warns of Power Cuts at Short Notice
- Utility might be required to cut power over next three days
- Capacity constraints exacerbated by generation units failing
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South Africa’s state-owned power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. warned it may have to implement rolling blackouts for the first time in more than a week due to a shortage of generation capacity.
The utility said so-called stage-2 loadshedding, where it cuts 2,000 megawatts from the grid, might be required from 4 p.m. until midnight over the next three days if there’s a further loss of capacity.