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Solar is the one New Year’s resolution you can keep – for the sake of your well-being, your pocket and the planet!

We are already well into the New Year and hopefully you are already sticking to your resolutions in order to help you enjoy a happier, healthier and successful 2023.

We all know that the thing with resolutions is that they get difficult and tricky. Old habits and routines are powerful. We get distracted. The daily grind intrudes.

You’ve just returned to work and your routine resumes. Everything is going well, until Eskom announces Stage 6 load shedding “until further notice”, and to add insult to injury, NERSA approves an 18.65% increase in electricity costs.

All of this just for you! So much for a happier 2023. How are your resolutions looking now?

Clearly, there is only one way to make sure you begin, and end, 2023 with your resolutions intact and the lights on: make this your year to get solar and become energy independent.

“With Stage 6 load shedding now a reality, solar power is no longer a nice-to-have or something to add to your one-day wishlist. Now is the time to secure, and augment, your power supply so that you can avoid the impact of ongoing load shedding and save on escalating electricity costs.Eskom announced the move to stage 6 load shedding between 4pm and 5am on 11th January after seven of its generating units broke down. This after 1 000 MW was removed from the grid when Koeberg unit 1 was taken off line, as well as the loss of a substantial 3 000 MW from breakdowns at Kusile and Medupi Power Stations. Unit 1 is expected to remain offline until midyear, at least.
Stage 6 allows for up to 6 000 MW of the national load to be shed. What this means for you as the consumer is 12 stints of load shedding over a four-day period. The schedule is hugely disruptive, with load shedding of between two and four hours at a time.

And it’s only going to get worse.

Eskom needs to keep breakdowns below 13 000 MW to reduce load shedding, but it is already struggling to do so,” he says. “As a result Stage 7 load shedding is a likely scenario in the coming weeks and months”.

While Eskom grapples with its capacity generation, South Africans have no choice but to make their own plans to keep the lights on and ensure a minimum of continuity of their lifestyle.

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