Eskom’s forecast for the rest of the week shows a lack of capacity for the required electricity demand, which means more load shedding is likely until the end of the week.

This revelation comes after the power utility implemented stage 1 load shedding on Monday following unforeseen technical problems at its power stations.

Load shedding moved from stage 1 to stage 2 at 15:00 and continued until 22:00 on Monday evening.

Eskom said in a statement on Monday said that its planned maintenance stood at 3 429 MW, while unplanned outages resulted in 10 515 MW being shed from the grid.

Eskom’s estimated peak demand and available capacity for the rest of this week (including open cycle gas turbines) according to Fin24:

Tuesday (27 January): The capacity available to meet Tuesday evening’s peak demand is 30 427 MW while demand is forecast 30 857 MW.

Wednesday (28 January): The capacity available to meet that evening’s peak demand is 30 095 MW while demand is forecast 30 842 MW.

Thursday (29 January): The capacity available to meet that evening’s peak demand is 29 775 MW while demand is forecast 30 921 MW.

Friday (30 January): The capacity available to meet that evening’s peak demand is 29 585 MW while demand is forecast 29 692 MW.

Saturday (31 January): The capacity available to meet that evening’s peak demand is 29 425 MW while demand is forecast 28 336 MW.

Sunday (1 February): The capacity available to meet that evening’s peak demand is 29 643 MW while demand is forecast 28 086 MW.