Electricity supply constraints – time to don a jumper

South African power utility Eskom said on Monday that available spare supply on its electricity network had fallen to less than 2% of total capacity as temperatures fell with the onset of the southern hemisphere winter.

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    <i>In a bi-weekly status update, Eskom said it had 34,945&#160;MW of capacity for the Monday evening peak hours, when people return home and turn on stoves and heaters, against forecast demand of 34,248&#160;MW, leaving a buffer of just under 700&#160;MW. </i>
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    <i>The available capacity includes gas-fired emergency reserves. </i>
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    More on this here: <a href="http://www.iol.co.za/business/companies/eskom-power-supply-extremely-tight-1.1301407" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://www.iol.co.za/business/companies/eskom-power-supply-extremely-tight-1.1301407</a>
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    Some tips for saving electricity from the City of Cape Town’s Electricity Saving Campaign (you can read more on it <a href="http://www.savingelectricity.org.za/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>):
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