Load-Shedding cost the country Billions by the day, Trillions over the years.
Given that only one hour of shedding costs the country R500 000 000 per day, so stage 6 load shedding where the electricity can be off for 12 hours of the day.
Costs 6 billion rand per day, this is a massive loss for the country. This is a total waste of money that can be put to far better use in the country.
Rolling blackouts by Eskom are hurting small businesses the most, as many cannot afford fuel-powered generators for alternative sources of energy, one of South Africa's oldest trade unions UASA has said.
Source: https://www.iol.co.za/business-report/energy/south-africans-start-to-see-red-in-the-dark-as-load-shedding-continues-39012892
Eskom’s damage to the economy over a decade
Back in December, senior energy expert Ted Blom estimated that load shedding – induced by the piss-poor management at the helm of Eskom over the years – has cost South Africa a whopping R1.4 trillion before 2019 even began. These recent problems have the potential to see that number balloon.
Load shedding could cost South Africa “half of its GDP”
REVEALED: Eskom spent R47.4bn on diesel in the past 10 years.
Source: https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/eskom-spent-r474bn-on-diesel-in-the-past-10-years-20190505
Load shedding now looks inevitable next week, with Eskom’s breakdowns worse than in early December.
- If the current level of generator breakdowns continue, Eskom will likely declare at least stage 2 electricity rationing next week, when many people and factories return to work.
- Breakdowns stood at 14,096 MW on Friday, slightly less than the 14,200 MW in breakdowns on December 9 – when Eskom implemented load shedding stage 4.
- Breakdowns above 9,500 MW typically mean load shedding is likely.
FACT!
Eskom cannot produce enough power to supply the ever increasing demand and that means Load-shedding is GUARANTEED to get worse.
Government/Eskom knows that without an urgent, non-detrimental and comprehensive solution, South Africa is doomed and they are desperate to find a solution.
Fortunately for them AND our country, they can - the solution is called ILM!
LSS is a fully patented technological advancement that puts a COMPLETE END TO ROLLING BLACK-OUTS.
So, how can LSS make such HUGE claims?
The LSS system very cleverly takes a little bit of power from everybody and not everything from selected areas like rolling black-outs does. In doing this, LSS ensures that everyone’s power, including industry, is always on.
Even better, the LSS System is extremely cost effective, both to manufacture and install.
Here are Ted Blom's four quick-fix suggestions to help Eskom keep the lights on
– rather than struggling for years to come.
1. Install load management devices for industrial geysers used in hotels and similar equipment.
One solution is to install load-management devices for industrial geysers, and other heavy equipment, used in hotels and guest houses. The technology to do so has been around for five years, but never implemented by Eskom, Blom says.
“It could immediately put us out of Stage 2. This is new technology that can automatically monitor the system and switch off the heavy-usage equipment,” says Blom.
By the time municipalities detect trouble on the grid – and send out "off" signals to ripple switches such as those found in some home geysers – it is too late, Blom says. But newer systems can detect strain on the power grid, immediately throttle back geysers, and then bring them slowly back online when things get better.
These should be mandatory around the country, Blom says.
If you believe that things are not so bad watch the next videos:
1. Carte Blanche expose on Eskom https://m-net.dstv.com/show/carte-blanche/videos/eskom-lights-out-carte-blanche/videos
2. Podcast from Gareth Cliff's interview with Ted Blom on 10 January 2019 here: http://cliffcentral.com/gcs/gareths-guests/ted-blom/