Power supply fault South Africa faces large -scale power off again

South African National Electric Power Corporation said on the 18th that South Africa faced large -scale power offsment due to aging, poor maintenance and failure of power supply equipment.

Andre Dultar, CEO of South Africa National Electric Power Corporation, announced on the same day that it would "reduce the load significantly" on the same day, and it was planned to interrupt power supply in the next few days.

De Lutel called on the public to save electricity, turn off office lighting at night, and turn off the pump and water heater of the swimming pool during the peak period of electricity. "If everyone plays its own role, we can try to meet the needs."

Drutel also acknowledged that it "requires some time" to increase power generation.

South Africa's power -limiting level is divided into eight, and it has reached six levels, which means that residents and enterprises will face a few hours of power outage per day. The chief operating officer of the South African National Electric Power Corporation, Oberkhol, said that the six -level power limit will continue to the recovery of enough generator sets.

The last 6 -level power limit in South Africa was in June this year. At that time, the southern hemisphere was in winter, and energy consumption and power generation pressure increased. With the coming of September and the rise of temperatures, the demand for heating in the public is reduced, and the demand for electricity consumption will usually decrease. In the past, the South African National Power Corporation will use this period of time to turn off the generator crew for maintenance, but the recent frequent failure has led to a sharp decline in power generation.

According to Xinhua News Agency

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