By Sifiso Dlamini | 2019-10-17
ESWATINI Electricity Company (EEC) has urged its customers to exercise caution in the usage of power in a bid to avoid the implementation of stage two load-shedding.
This follows an urgent notice received by the company from its major supplier, Eskom, to reduce electricity consumption between the hours of 0900 and 2300 hours for the duration of the week until further notice.
EEC Marketing and Corporate Communications Manager Khaya Mavuso said this had been necessitated by severe supply constraints experienced due to high levels of unplanned breakdowns that have exceeded set limits of 10 500MW experienced by Eskom.
He said the utility found it necessary to implement stage 2 rotational load shedding in order to protect the power system from total collapse.
“In light of the above, EEC kindly requests all its customers and the public in general to use electricity sparingly in order to avoid the country losing supply as a result of the current challenges faced,” said Mavuso.
Mavuso stated that EEC had prepared a load-shedding schedule which can be viewed on the company’s website www.eec.co.sz.
“This will come into effect immediately the need arises,” he said.
He also said customers should note that in the event the customers successfully reduced their consumption, it may not be necessary for load shedding to take place. Load shedding will only be effected as a last resort, he said.
He mentioned that for more details, customers should contact the EEC 24-hour call centre at toll free line 800 9000 or contact 2508 3333 whereby standard cellular rates apply, customers can also contact the company using the email address: callcentre@eec.co.sz or use the EEC self-service platform *8888#.
To assist in this effort, EEC appealed to customers to reduce their electricity consumption by doing the following;
 Switching off geysers, air-conditioners, pool pumps and all non-essential appliances, especially during peak periods.
 Turning off lights in offices and/or work-stations after hours, save for security lighting.
 Commercial customers, particularly shopping centres and office blocks, should switch off non-essential lights and not leave office equipment such as photocopiers and computers on standby mode.
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