I called BS on this when it first came about around 2007/2008.
Over time it has come and gone, with various statements from government over time that it is here to stay.
Yet it comes and goes. When it goes, the statement is that the grid is now stable.
I call BS on the entire loading shedding saga.
How can we have no load shedding for over a year when the powers that be said it is a disaster that is here to stay?
Then it magically disappears and nobody questions it. Is it because it’s easier just to be happy that we don’t experience it anymore and carry on? Without questioning the major discrepancies of the statements that this is here to stay?
I believe the load shedding was never necessary, just political shenanigans.
The situation we are in now with uninterrupted power directly contradicts the government’s doomsday propaganda.
Yet nobody questions why it is suddenly OK?
Any thoughts?
So what happened to load shedding?
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Re: So what happened to load shedding?
I wondered the same, but am not so optimistic about the electrical supply system... It is old, planned upgrades were not done and I don't think the back-ups of years ago are still there. I understood that a substation for example would have a back-up, now if one fails it can be days before the area is up and running again - but it is not load shedding.
Quite some time ago a large section of powerline collapsed close to the N4, part of the cause was metal theft from the support trusses and structure. So I don't think the system is in a very good state at all.
Loadshedding - I read on another forum that all the private and business solar installations removed a significant burden from the grid, and ironically that was the segment that actually paid their bills. Then there is also the use of open cycle gas turbine generators, which although down from last year (except Sep 24 which was higher), contributed to the power generation.
Methinks time will tell if the generators are being run into the ground, or if scheduled and preventative maintenance are being caught up. Also this is the most expensive electricity ever was in this country, but the good news is the smart meter roll-out, forcing people to pay for it.
Quite some time ago a large section of powerline collapsed close to the N4, part of the cause was metal theft from the support trusses and structure. So I don't think the system is in a very good state at all.
Loadshedding - I read on another forum that all the private and business solar installations removed a significant burden from the grid, and ironically that was the segment that actually paid their bills. Then there is also the use of open cycle gas turbine generators, which although down from last year (except Sep 24 which was higher), contributed to the power generation.
Methinks time will tell if the generators are being run into the ground, or if scheduled and preventative maintenance are being caught up. Also this is the most expensive electricity ever was in this country, but the good news is the smart meter roll-out, forcing people to pay for it.
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Re: So what happened to load shedding?
This is what it was about - money. 1st to steal as much of our tax and money paid for electricity, (instead of using it for the proper ongoing maintenance and expansion of the utility) and then to recover the loss of that theft from the SA consumer as well.
What ESKOM and NERSA refer to as a cost effective tariff.
Eskom electricity price versus inflation from 1950 to 2022
You will notice that the price started to spike drastically when rolling power outages hit SA in 2007...in other words when the sh*t hit the fan at ESKOM.
Remember when I said (years ago) they were aiming to get to the R2 per kW mark to include renewables, well they have well exceeded that already. Hovering around just over R3 per kW, and adding a monthly supply tax on top of that.
They should have added the 3 new nuclear power stations to the grid when they proposed it - it was the right solution for SA - and they should have ignored the political pressure around it.
The pressure against the utility is mounting...and its taken 17 years for the consumer to get fed-up. And those still grid dependant are getting milked, but even those who went solar (costing the consumer R100s of thousands per installation) , are also getting milked, in that they have to pay for the new supply levy which was a way to ensure recurring income from everyone in SA that owns property.
And dont believe the lip service of opposition political parties who are now adding noise to the topic this month. They have been increasing their muni tariffs along with NERSA approvals since 2007, they could have opposed it back in 2007 already - forcing the government to actually fix the REAL problem back then already. But the money was too good, so they are part an parcel of what brought SA to its knees for years. Accomplices to treason.
https://theconversation.com/south-afric ... tic-240941
A truly curious development is the SMNR project in which Afriforum is involved in, I wonder if they know who they are really dealing with, despite it being a good initiative for an IPP to bring it to SA.
But at least Afriforum is suing 100 municipalities that implemented unlawful electricity tariffs .
https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/south-a ... the-money/
What ESKOM and NERSA refer to as a cost effective tariff.
Eskom electricity price versus inflation from 1950 to 2022
You will notice that the price started to spike drastically when rolling power outages hit SA in 2007...in other words when the sh*t hit the fan at ESKOM.
Remember when I said (years ago) they were aiming to get to the R2 per kW mark to include renewables, well they have well exceeded that already. Hovering around just over R3 per kW, and adding a monthly supply tax on top of that.
They should have added the 3 new nuclear power stations to the grid when they proposed it - it was the right solution for SA - and they should have ignored the political pressure around it.
The pressure against the utility is mounting...and its taken 17 years for the consumer to get fed-up. And those still grid dependant are getting milked, but even those who went solar (costing the consumer R100s of thousands per installation) , are also getting milked, in that they have to pay for the new supply levy which was a way to ensure recurring income from everyone in SA that owns property.
And dont believe the lip service of opposition political parties who are now adding noise to the topic this month. They have been increasing their muni tariffs along with NERSA approvals since 2007, they could have opposed it back in 2007 already - forcing the government to actually fix the REAL problem back then already. But the money was too good, so they are part an parcel of what brought SA to its knees for years. Accomplices to treason.
https://theconversation.com/south-afric ... tic-240941
A truly curious development is the SMNR project in which Afriforum is involved in, I wonder if they know who they are really dealing with, despite it being a good initiative for an IPP to bring it to SA.
But at least Afriforum is suing 100 municipalities that implemented unlawful electricity tariffs .
https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/south-a ... the-money/
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