State-owned power utility Eskom is providing weekly reports on the status of electricity supply during the 2010 FIFA World Cup period. During the first week of the tournament (11 June - 14 June), Eskom announced that it had supplied the peak demand for electricity comfortably and that the network and generation plant performed well.
Proper planning
In addition to the electricity supplier's regular control rooms and staff that work 24 hours a day, Eskom also established an internal Situational Awareness Centre (SAC) to monitor supply to all critical sites and stadiums during the games. These members of staff are allocated to work on a rotational basis 18 hours a day, every day through the 2010 FIFA World Cup period.
Eskom anticipated an increase of only 275 MW over the World Cup period, based on studies conducted n Germany during the last FIFA World Cup and they expect a maximum demand of 37,24 GW in South Africa due to winter consumption patterns. On 15 July, Eskom said that it had 42 GW capacity (including imports), which is more than adequate to manage the supply requirements during the games.
"We have a call centre that services 4,1-million customers throughout South Africa. During the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup™ last year, we received 47 274 electricity supply related calls at the contact centre. During the period 1 - 14 June we received 42 866 compared to the same time period last year," said Eskom.
According to Eskom, the load is expected to increase due to cold weather, but there is adequate capacity to supply the expected increase in demand.
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