POWER ALERT 1

Power system severely constrained as return of five generation units is delayed while another
two tripped

Wednesday, 12 August 2020: Eskom wishes to inform the public that the power system is severely
constrained this afternoon as the return to service of five generation units have been delayed while a
further two have either been shut down or tripped. We urge the people of South Africa to reduce
electricity consumption in order to help us power the country through the evening peak.

The return to service of two generation units at the Tutuka power station has been delayed, as well as
a unit each at Duvha, Matimba and Kusile power stations. An additional unit at Tutuka tripped this
afternoon while Kusile’s Unit 1 has been shut down. Eskom teams are hard at work to return these
units to service.

These breakdowns have added to the approximately 5 500MW of capacity out on planned
maintenance while unplanned maintenance has risen to almost 11 000MW. The constrained system
may persist for the rest of the week.

Eskom requests your assistance in using electricity sparingly so we may be able to supply the country
through the evening peak demand period.

ENDS

Issued by: Eskom Media Desk

Tel: +27 11 800 3304/3343/3378
Fax: 086 664 7699
Email: ​mediadesk@eskom.co.za