{"id":80989,"date":"2015-02-12T12:24:20","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T10:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=80989"},"modified":"2015-02-12T09:36:15","modified_gmt":"2015-02-12T07:36:15","slug":"will-lights-kept-state-nation-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/02\/12\/will-lights-kept-state-nation-address\/","title":{"rendered":"Will lights be kept on during the State of the Nation Address?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eskom is under pressure to keep the lights on during the President’s State of the Nation Address scheduled to take place this evening.<\/p>\n

It was reported this morning that the company had hoped to have two of it’s offline generators back online this afternoon.<\/p>

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However, the\u00a0national grid will remain under strain even with the extra generating capsity.<\/p>\n

Load shedding has been implemented three times within this week, the latest bout ending at 10pm last night (Wednesday).<\/p>

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Khulu Phasiwe, spokesman for Eskom, said that the company continues to closely monitor the power system.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’re urging all customers to continue to assist us where possible so we can continue to reduce the severity or the duration of load shedding,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Several of Eskom’s generators have been taken offline for maintenance, this paired with the current heatwave has made keeping up with electricity demand more difficult.<\/p>\n

Phasiwe said, \u201cThe strain on the power system means that consumers could be load shed twice a day depending on the schedules and who your supplier is.\u201d<\/p>\n

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