Twitter users don’t reserve their views on Eskom announcement

20 July 2015 - 10:51 By RDM News Wire

What happened to reserves that Eskom said it was building up? That was some Twitter users' reaction to the power utility’s announcement on Monday: “The probability of #load_shedding is low for this morning and high for this evening.” On Sunday‚ Eskom implemented stage 2 load shedding from 8am until 10pm‚ “due to increased electricity demand and a shortage of generation capacity”.“We will also use the time to build up reserves for the week ahead‚” a media statement on Sunday said.Dawod Muhamed (‏@Dawodi786) asked on Monday: “Mmmmm........so where's the 'reserves' u've built up yesterday?......is it like in..........gone!”‚ Peter Barlow (‏@peterbarlows) tweeted: “@Eskom_SA so load shedding us yesterday did nothing to help you build reserves?”cynicalcucumber (‏@pietpip) was less measured in his reponse to Monday’s Tweet:@Eskom_SA if you ask me once to switch off shit today i will overload you, no point in me saving and you fuck it up with maintenance. — cynicalcucumber (@pietpip) July 20, 2015asyncHe was referring to Eskom’s standard appeal that had been tagged on to its power outlooks this winter: “As we are currently experiencing cold weather conditions across the country‚ we urge electricity users to consider energy efficient ways of keeping warm.”Most of last week’s predictions of a high “probability of #load_shedding” in the evening were on the money‚ as Eskom had outages nearly every day.“Eskom will‚” as the standard release pledges‚ “provide regular updates on the status of the power system through all the media platforms.”Hierarchy of needs during #loadshedding : 1.light ☑ 2. Wi-Fi ☑ 3. Power to charge devices ☑ Had enough of #Eskompic.twitter.com/TA7hFe76Tq— Ashish Sewgoolam (@ashish_za) July 19, 2015 async ..

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