SA’s main power company and utility Eskom, has promised the country that the lights will stay on this winter.
The company said in statement:”Eskom is aware that the past few weeks not only signaled the start of winter, but also indicated the impact the weather conditions will have on the company’s electricity distribution networks.
According to the company , a plan has already been activated so that its networks are able to cope with the extreme weather conditions, increased electricity demand as well as respond to and restore network faults timeously.
The proposed plan includes
• Preventing and implementing measures that will assist in avoiding possible equipment failures and incidents;
• The management of the network delivery failures for the national and provincial networks in winter;
• The implementation of emergency preparedness plans to manage power system interruptions that might materialise;
• The increased capacity of Eskom’s customer contact centre
Eskom group executive for distribution Mongezi Ntsokolo, during this winter, temperatures will continue to drop and Eskom calls on all customers to continue to use electricity sparingly, Engineering News reported.