ESKOM has warned of possible power cuts today as the grid remained under pressure. Yesterday, the power utility cut up to 1 000 megawatts of electricity from the system and warned of the shortage of generation capacity as several units are currently out of service due to maintenance. “Eskom would like to assure customers that load shedding is implemented as a necessary measure to protect the power system and to ensure that maintenance is carried out in order to guarantee that our supply of electricity can be maintained in the long term,” it said. – Staff Reporter