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Snow, heavy rain put pressure on SA power grid

18 Jul 2012

ESI-Africa reports that South Africa's power utility Eskom was closely monitoring weather conditions around the country at the start of this week, after snow and heavy rain had affected power lines and sub-stations in the Cape and elsewhere over the weekend.

ESI-Africa says that Eskom expected demand of about 36,258 MW, the highest so far this winter, and urged its customers to switch off all non-essential electrical appliances during the peak hours as the available supply was only 36,580 MW including open cycle gas turbines.

According to ESI-Africa, Eskom says that South Africa's power system is expected to be constrained for at least the next two years.

Read the full article on www.esi-africa.com