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Eskom's forecast for the next year shows that it has planned for just five weeks during which it is reasonably confident it will be able to meet electricity demand.

– of 15,439MW – while the level of generation out for maintenance was nearly identical to that at present, at 5,505MW.

That was due to overnight trips at four different power stations, including the new Kusile, which had to be ramped up to full production. But because it had been burning a lot of diesel in previous days, it still had to replenish the emergency reserves too, Eskom said at the time.According to Eskom's current hourly analysis, demand for electricity this week should peak on Tuesday, but as with normal weeks not featuring a long weekend, will remain high until Saturday.

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