Power outages causes huge economic loss in south Africa.

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Quote from: Spaceman1000$ on January 21, 2023, 03:10:23 PM

Power outages in south Africa has caused the death of over 40000 birds in a poultry farm in south Africa, the farmer recounts his losses as the electricity distribution company refuse to bring power for some days.

The farmer said, his ready to press for charges for the damages he has incurred.

Surely this farmer has concluded an agreement with the electricity distribution company and this agreement provides for liability for non-fulfillment of it. This responsibility largely depends on the reason why the energy supply was interrupted and this should be provided for in the contract. If the reasons for the interruption of energy supply were beyond the control of the electricity distribution company, for example, due to the so-called force majeure, then the farmer in this case needs to think about alternative energy sources, such as solar panels.

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Quote from: Spaceman1000$ on January 21, 2023, 03:10:23 PM

Power outages in south Africa has caused the death of over 40000 birds in a poultry farm in south Africa, the farmer recounts his losses as the electricity distribution company refuse to bring power for some days.

The farmer said, his ready to press for charges for the damages he has incurred.

The situation has really caused him a homogeneous economic loss, sincerely it's really an unfortunate situation.

https://www.news24.com/fin24/economy/see-farmer-to-put-r15m-claim-to-eskom-after-tens-of-thousands-of-chickens-killed-20230119

I honestly do not quite understand the essence of the problem?
1. If the farmer has a contract for the provision of services for the supply of electricity, there are necessarily 3 points - the responsibility of the supplier, the responsibility of the consumer, and force majeure.
2. If there is a violation of the terms of delivery - to the court, and full compensation for direct and indirect losses, and even reputational (did not fulfill obligations to its consumers of chicken, due to a violation of the supply of electricity)
3. Well, if there are no contracts, and everyone decided to "cheat" - the situation is normal, it should have happened, the electricity supplier managed to cheat better ...

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Power outages can be devastating for businesses and individuals alike, and it's important for utility companies to ensure reliable and consistent power supply. It may be worth exploring about legal options to be compensate, but i think it is important to work with the electric company to address the underlying issue of power outages and prevent similar incidents from happening in the future. It is sad to hear about the loss of the birds and the economic impact on the farmer.

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Quote from: xSkylarx on May 08, 2023, 09:41:32 AM

Power outages are also constant in our country, and I don't know if it is worth it for the farmer to sue the electric company on it because he will need to pay a lot of money for it, and he is wasting his time, and it is still not sure that he will win the case. Instead, he should invest in generators. In my country, most hospitals, department stores, or anyone else where electricity is essential invests in those huge generators just in case of a power outage, as we always have rotational power outages. That farmer should invest in that too, as he has livestock.

Before the extinguisher should be done, there must be a notification in advance, from one day before doing a blackout, if not, an industry that dependence on operational activities using electricity will be bad, such as the death of the poultry.
Companies that manage electricity resources must give time for entrepreneurs to make preparations so that such bad things do not happen, if done suddenly or without notice, then the company has the right to ask for compensation for the losses they experienced, demands for compensation That can be done if it is not due to an accident in electricity such as natural disasters or short.

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Quote from: Spaceman1000$ on January 21, 2023, 03:10:23 PM

Power outages in south Africa has caused the death of over 40000 birds in a poultry farm in south Africa, the farmer recounts his losses as the electricity distribution company refuse to bring power for some days.

The problem with people is that why do they have to be too dependent on government for their survival, in this case i wouldn't pity the people for their lost because you can't tell me to have implanted a big project in agriculture like this as an establishement and yet have not made any adequate backup for the power supply knowing how epileptic is the African power supply is, while your farm cannot withstand hours of power outage not to talk of a whole day, in everything that we do, let's always have a plan b to serve as our second alternative in other for us not to suffer losses than we could have used in securing a remedy as alternative.

With this increasing problem of power outages its advisable to go for solar panels installations or generators as backup to avoid such big loses . Obviously electricity companies or government will not take responsibility of anything like that you have to look out for yourselves because at the end its your loss .

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Power outages are also constant in our country, and I don't know if it is worth it for the farmer to sue the electric company on it because he will need to pay a lot of money for it, and he is wasting his time, and it is still not sure that he will win the case. Instead, he should invest in generators. In my country, most hospitals, department stores, or anyone else where electricity is essential invests in those huge generators just in case of a power outage, as we always have rotational power outages. That farmer should invest in that too, as he has livestock.

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Quote from: Spaceman1000$ on January 21, 2023, 03:10:23 PM

Power outages in south Africa has caused the death of over 40000 birds in a poultry farm in south Africa, the farmer recounts his losses as the electricity distribution company refuse to bring power for some days.

The problem with people is that why do they have to be too dependent on government for their survival, in this case i wouldn't pity the people for their lost because you can't tell me to have implanted a big project in agriculture like this as an establishement and yet have not made any adequate backup for the power supply knowing how epileptic is the African power supply is, while your farm cannot withstand hours of power outage not to talk of a whole day, in everything that we do, let's always have a plan b to serve as our second alternative in other for us not to suffer losses than we could have used in securing a remedy as alternative.

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Recently I was reading in news article that South Africa's poultry farmers say they've had to cull almost 10 million chicks because of the country's power crisis. if their government is corrupt and won't care for their public, African's farmers must have to search some other alternatives like investing on generator or solar energy other wise it will impossible to survive for South Africans farmers in this profession. I can understand in today's generation where country is becoming digital and everything is depend upon electricity from pursuing education to doing business. Poultry farm need electricity regularly without electricity poultry chickens can't survive.

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Electricity is of course the most important thing in today's economy, almost everything always needs electricity so when power outages occur it will have a big impact, the financial system and banks will stop so that it makes the transaction system problematic, it is time for the state to provide opportunities for the private sector to enter the electricity business .

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Quote from: Sayeds56 on January 24, 2023, 09:06:59 AM

Power outage is not only problem of African countries but also many Asian country are suffering economic losses due to power outage ,as well high cost of electricity which has risen to the level where it has become difficult to afford for an average person. This appended due to rising cost of fossil oil used to generate electricity which is not only costly but also pollutes the environment.

One solution to this problem is transition to Solar system which is low cost and environment friendly.

Yes but thing is that, south Africa is our main topic here and not any other country. Also I think south Africa is suffering badly along with Pakistan for example right now. I think it also has to do with their government. If only the government of a country is good enough then it's country will also run smoothly with lesser problems that will be experienced.

I can relate about that high electricity cost as I also experience it here in my country. It's crazy on how they can demand like that but then their service are very poor. Often there are power interruptions. Until we are replying on limited sources like coal or petroleum then one day or other this kind of situation will be inevitable for any country.

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Quote from: Spaceman1000$ on January 21, 2023, 03:10:23 PM

Power outages in south Africa has caused the death of over 40000 birds in a poultry farm in south Africa, the farmer recounts his losses as the electricity distribution company refuse to bring power for some days.

The farmer said, his ready to press for charges for the damages he has incurred.

The situation has really caused him a homogeneous economic loss, sincerely it's really an unfortunate situation.

https://www.news24.com/fin24/economy/see-farmer-to-put-r15m-claim-to-eskom-after-tens-of-thousands-of-chickens-killed-20230119

The farmer has no right to sue the electricity company because of the temporary blackout, because he can still use another way to overcome this by using a generator to temporarily generate electricity. After all, every livestock business must always be prepared with the equipment needed, including power generators, when the state's electricity fails or experiences temporary interruptions. So this cannot be blamed by the state because they also did not cause the blackout on purpose.

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Quote from: Distinctin on January 21, 2023, 06:17:41 PM

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Shouldnt be this as a standard thing? Considering that hospitals does really have those apparatus or machines which do mainly needing up some electricity, which does means that it would really
be that crucial if there would be some power outages.It is understandable somehow basing on which or what country we are talking into which is really that sad that they cant be able
to produce it out but generator prices to support some back up power wont really be that much a huge expense considering on how an hospitals do makes money.
Power outages does really affect lots of businesses which is heavily reliant on power source which i do believe that most of us does really need it.

And since it could be a threat on our businesses, then we should always prepare back ups for that like installing a generator or a solar panel in case power outages suddenly happen due to unforeseen bad weather that could cause a great loss from our own business. However, if the power source do it for their own personal reason, then maybe suing the company will certainly be valid.

This would be a good solution but very rarely people pay for backups and redundancy, and we see this almost everyday on this market, we have heard about users which created a wallet on their phone and they did not took a few seconds to backup their seed words and this continued for years, then when their phone was stolen, stopped working or they uninstalled the wallet app they realize they have no way to recover their coins, and if this happens when the only thing people need to do is to write a few words on a piece of paper then it is unlikely they will invest thousands of dollars on a backup power source for their business.

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Quote from: Spaceman1000$ on January 21, 2023, 03:10:23 PM

Power outages in south Africa has caused the death of over 40000 birds in a poultry farm in south Africa, the farmer recounts his losses as the electricity distribution company refuse to bring power for some days.

The farmer said, his ready to press for charges for the damages he has incurred.

The situation has really caused him a homogeneous economic loss, sincerely it's really an unfortunate situation.

https://www.news24.com/fin24/economy/see-farmer-to-put-r15m-claim-to-eskom-after-tens-of-thousands-of-chickens-killed-20230119

Surely the electricity distribution company will refer in this particular case to some force majeure and will not bear any responsibility. If this situation will be repeated, then it is better to worry about alternative energy sources.

But anyway, even in South Africa, the conditions for obtaining energy are much better than in Ukraine, which is under constant rocket attacks on critical infrastructure from Russia and where sometimes at sub-zero temperatures there is no electricity at all for a long time. So everything is relative.

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Even if you have a backup generator, electricity is crucial in every facility for keeping poultry. People today, in my opinion, use green energy, and after installation, all that is required is maintenance. Regarding solar energy, however, running a generator may even be more expensive because chicken farms don't require many appliances. in every business, you just have to try and reduce costs.

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Quote from: Spaceman1000$ on January 21, 2023, 03:10:23 PM

Power outages in south Africa has caused the death of over 40000 birds in a poultry farm in south Africa, the farmer recounts his losses as the electricity distribution company refuse to bring power for some days.

The farmer said, his ready to press for charges for the damages he has incurred.

The situation has really caused him a homogeneous economic loss, sincerely it's really an unfortunate situation.

Story of my life...soon two things may happen: either they adjust to the new reality or they take drastic action. I imagine how many millions of rands must have been lost by a lot of businesses due to this power cut or new load sharing. I am not happy reading the news about this because it has been quickly politicized. On the other hand, business people who are into alternative sources of energy will experience a boom. solar panel and installation, a diesel or gas powered generator set, etc. I do hope it is resolved soon, especially for those in hospitals.

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Quote from: Doan9269 on January 24, 2023, 08:33:34 AM

To be precise we have alot of countries in Africa and other continents as well suffering the impack of power outage and these countries were mostly the developing ones where the standard of living is below the developed countries, power outage has caused alot of economical waste of fresh food commodity items that are perishable due to lack of preservation and the production companies finding it a difficult challenge in handling the operations of their heavy equipments used, power outage has also cause the society to go black at night where insecurities has increased operaions at night where everywhere is blackout.

Power outage is not only problem of African countries but also many Asian country are suffering economic losses due to power outage ,as well high cost of electricity which has risen to the level where it has become difficult to afford for an average person. This appended due to rising cost of fossil oil used to generate electricity which is not only costly but also pollutes the environment.

One solution to this problem is transition to Solar system which is low cost and environment friendly.

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To be precise we have alot of countries in Africa and other continents as well suffering the impack of power outage and these countries were mostly the developing ones where the standard of living is below the developed countries, power outage has caused alot of economical waste of fresh food commodity items that are perishable due to lack of preservation and the production companies finding it a difficult challenge in handling the operations of their heavy equipments used, power outage has also cause the society to go black at night where insecurities has increased operaions at night where everywhere is blackout.

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Unfortunately not every area will have the benefit of stable electric supply, this even applies in some of the richest countries depending on the terrain. I think business can sometimes reclaim costs for loss of service, more so then consumers are allowed but there is likely limits on this. Ultimately it would be about insurance coverage and other provisions. I do wonder why every business does not try to avoid being reliant on mainstream power companies, we've seen massive rises in cost even if the provision is good its costing too much.
Any possibility of solar or any other form of electric not subject to spike in price is worth the investment for security in multiple ways.

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For someone that is keeping 40000 birds on his farm, I honestly think he can afford some off grid power solution like solar and this should have solved the problem. But because he felt entitled to be supplied this power, he paid the price the hard way, and btw with the is whole climate change, raising population service delivery by most companies today is negatively affected and we have to deal with this ourselves .

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Quote from: franky1 on January 21, 2023, 03:38:06 PM

should have bought a generator.

if a hospital cant sue an electric company.. a hospital instead realises lives are at risk and invests in a generator back up

also poultry farmer should think about he area he set up his farm and its reliance on resources of that area
a farmer of wheat wouldnt set up in the desert after all, where water is not reliable

unless the power company COULD produce electric. but simply decided "nah not today, lets go on vacation instead" then they are liable. especially if a farmer pre-paid their bill to get power for the month, but didnt receive it. as thats a breach of service agreement

That's wrong.

If the farmer is getting electricity from a company then he is paying for the electricity. The same payment goes into the maintenance, salaries and services of the company.

If they are producing electricity and distributing it in the area then they are doing it for a business and not out of charity (!)

They can not just shut down the plant and stop providing electricity. He has all the rights to sue the company for what they did. There is no such thing that you need to have back ups in farming and shit.

If company is having any maintenance issues, some failures then that should be broadcasted to the consumers via proper channel so that it can give the required time for consumer to get settle with back ups.

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That's not an excuse, before the grid power start misbehaving they should have know the situation they are into, a backup generator or diesel would have safe the live of the livestocks instead of relying on grid power, how can poultry lacks backup generator, they say it coming one way or the other and they failed to prepare. It's the owner's fault.

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I'm sorry to hear this, however I'm curious as to why he neglected to prepare a generator. You know, given his line of work, he ought to at least plan for unforeseen power outages. Being affected by this power outage or shortage is really difficult and has a significant negative impact on our life and our business. Modern technology requires electricity to function and to allow us to live comfortably.

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All blame is on the farmer, he should better don't waste his time and resources pressing for charges because he wont win the case if taken to court..
He was never serious with his business, because if he was, he would have invest some money in a backup electricity system, it could be a generator of solar system, in the current world we live in, depending on electricity from power holding companies to run a business is a big mistake and one that will only result in loses for the business if the business owner does not find a way to invest in an electricity backup plan.

Sorry for his loss, but this should serve as a lesson to him and other like him out there, always have a backup plan for everything including electricity, don't just depend on one source.

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I saw some of the posts blaming the farmer, but you guys need to understand that this issue was not specific to any one farm. The farm mentioned in the article (the one owned by Herman du Preez, named Lichtenburg Frangipani Boerdery) lost around 50,000 chicken to extreme temperature. The same article mentions that farmers were forced to cull a total of 10 million chicks as a result of power outage. Smaller farms have closed down, and Astral Foods alone suffered damages worth ZAR 138 million in 2022. This is what happens when the same party remains in power for more than three decades.

South Africa needs to look beyond traditional sources for electricity. They are a country of 60 million people and have only one active nuclear power plant (Koeberg). There were plans for new plants, but those were rejected and the country will not see any additional nuclear power capacity before 2030.

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Quote from: franky1 on January 21, 2023, 03:38:06 PM

should have bought a generator.

Yeah, fuck that farmer for his own goddamn negligence and may the smell of those rotting birds forever be in his nostrils.

Uh huh. Not sure about how big his operation is, but I'm guessing he might not have had enough money to buy a generator big enough to power a poultry farm. Or, like a lot of people, he just didn't think he'd ever need one until he really needed one.

Quote from: Captain Corporate on January 21, 2023, 05:21:13 PM

Something similar sort of happened in the USA as well, in Texas and this was last year if I am not wrong.

There have been all kinds of blackouts in the US over the years and for a variety of reasons. Back in 2000, California was having "rolling blackouts" because Enron was manipulating the energy market so hard that they drove up prices to the point where CA just couldn't get enough supply (I may have the details a little bit wrong, but I'm not way off base).

And right now, electricity prices are skyrocketing. We're being told it's because of the Russia/Ukraine war, but I'm not sure if I buy that.

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Quote from: Spaceman1000$ on January 21, 2023, 03:10:23 PM

Power outages in south Africa has caused the death of over 40000 birds in a poultry farm in south Africa, the farmer recounts his losses as the electricity distribution company refuse to bring power for some days.

The farmer said, his ready to press for charges for the damages he has incurred.

The situation has really caused him a homogeneous economic loss, sincerely it's really an unfortunate situation.

https://www.news24.com/fin24/economy/see-farmer-to-put-r15m-claim-to-eskom-after-tens-of-thousands-of-chickens-killed-20230119

This news is very strange to me because we have never had a constant power supply in my country. Sometimes there is no electric supply for months and years. The majority of businesses in my country depend solely on generators and other sources of power. We have had issues when a power outage and the breakdown of generating set caused the death of over sixty babies in incubators in a well-known government hospital. None of the parents took any legal action against the state because the government would always influence court judgments.

As regards this case in South Africa, I might not blame the poultry farmer for not having an alternative power source because maybe they have never experienced a power outage for a long time, hence there was no need to own a generator. But this would serve as a lesson to other business owners that relying solely on a particular source for a vital service is not advisable.

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Quote from: Spaceman1000$ on January 21, 2023, 03:10:23 PM

Power outages in south Africa has caused the death of over 40000 birds in a poultry farm in south Africa, the farmer recounts his losses as the electricity distribution company refuse to bring power for some days.

The farmer said, his ready to press for charges for the damages he has incurred.

The situation has really caused him a homogeneous economic loss, sincerely it's really an unfortunate situation.

https://www.news24.com/fin24/economy/see-farmer-to-put-r15m-claim-to-eskom-after-tens-of-thousands-of-chickens-killed-20230119

This is very unfortunate and I hope this won't happen again because this had really caused a great disaster and I hope the power holding company would compensate the owner of the livestock factory for there loses. This is a great loses and it will cause huge decrease in livestocks making the price to increase. The government need to look and this matter and make sure it will not happen again.

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Lack of steady uninterrupted power supply is like a pandemic diseases that's been suffered by all African countries and non is excused of this situation, it's so embarrassing that even in this contemporary time African leaders still see power supply as challenge to be used as part of election manifesto in every election year, still the situation remains the same.
As a businessman it's best you own a power generating set for your business especially when the survival of your business depends on power for it to keep running. For me I'll advise the farmer to rather use the more he would spend in pressing charges and hiring of attorney to purchasing a power generating set so to avoid a reoccurrence of the situation. These electricity distribution companies are just a pain in the neck.

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In an industry such as raising poultry in farms, electricity is an important variable because power outages for several hours are enough to kill many of them, let alone days later.

Therefore, in my country and many countries, they are required to have a back-up generator that does not work for several hours and solar panels, and I do not think that someone who wants to invest seriously will ignore the provision of a backup energy source, especially in poultry farming that needs constant air conditioning, accurate temperature control and ventilation using large fans .

I would sympathize with the story if the government promised to restore electricity at a time and failed to do so.

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Yes, I have a lot of friends that are living in South Africa .. and they have a system called "Loadshedding" ...where whole suburbs are shutdown for several times during the day for hours. The Electricity provider (Eskom) are doing this, because they cannot produce enough electricity for the whole country and they want to protect the grid from total collapse.

During this time several businesses (big and small) have to run on diesel generators to keep their doors open for business and this is a huge capital expense for those businesses. (The increase expenses are being pushed onto the consumers, because they simply increase their prices to cover those costs.)

Many small businesses are forced to close down, because they cannot afford the increase in the expense to run these generators. Cellphone towers cannot charge their backup UPS to provide power to the towers, so you also have communication failures and the batteries in people's house alarms cannot recharge enough to keep people safe)

It is a total disaster for South Africa ...and this is caused by bad political leaders and corruption in Eskom. (Syndicates are sabotaging the Coal power plants and mismanagement and theft are everywhere) Roll Eyes

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Quote from: Ojima-ojo on January 21, 2023, 04:28:50 PM

The poultry farmer should have made available alternative power sources and the best alternative that is suitable for such business with low cost are solar panels since the poultry doesn't need a lot of electricity because what the birds need is just 💡 ligntening points.

So if a poultry farm only needs lighting, why did those chickens die? Because they were afraid of the dark?

The main problem with indoor farming is the temperature, I've just checked the weather in the town where the farm was located and it was over 30C every single day, that means temperature went up by at least 10 more degrees inside there, without power ventilation or the HVAC unit kicking in those chickens probably either died of heat or suffocated because high ammonia levels. With temperatures still hitting 28-29C by the time the sun sets and solar panels are already at half capacity you won't be able to do anything with them.

And for the others talking about back-ups and so and so, there were back-ups:

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Issues started in mid-December when a faulty transformer prompted Eskom to connect the area to another line, causing voltage damage in his pumps and motors. The backup generators that were powered by Eskom didn't kick in.

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Quote from: franky1 on January 21, 2023, 03:38:06 PM

should have bought a generator.

if a hospital cant sue an electric company.. a hospital instead realises lives are at risk and invests in a generator back up

also poultry farmer should think about he area he set up his farm and its reliance on resources of that area
a farmer of wheat wouldnt set up in the desert after all, where water is not reliable

unless the power company COULD produce electric. but simply decided "nah not today, lets go on vacation instead" then they are liable. especially if a farmer pre-paid their bill to get power for the month, but didnt receive it. as thats a breach of service agreement

I'm not an expert with electricity and these devices but from what I know even if they buy a power generator this will solve any problem because firstly the power generators can consume too much gas and fossil energy which can make is expensive to use and unsafe for the environment in the same time. Instead, I headed most of the hospitals will use the big batteries called UPS, and in some cases and depending on their location they will use Solar panels to decrease power usage for the hospital.

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Quote from: franky1 on January 21, 2023, 03:38:06 PM

if a hospital cant sue an electric company.. a hospital instead realises lives are at risk and invests in a generator back up

Shouldnt be this as a standard thing? Considering that hospitals does really have those apparatus or machines which do mainly needing up some electricity, which does means that it would really
be that crucial if there would be some power outages.It is understandable somehow basing on which or what country we are talking into which is really that sad that they cant be able
to produce it out but generator prices to support some back up power wont really be that much a huge expense considering on how an hospitals do makes money.
Power outages does really affect lots of businesses which is heavily reliant on power source which i do believe that most of us does really need it.

And since it could be a threat on our businesses, then we should always prepare back ups for that like installing a generator or a solar panel in case power outages suddenly happen due to unforeseen bad weather that could cause a great loss from our own business. However, if the power source do it for their own personal reason, then maybe suing the company will certainly be valid.

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Quote from: Captain Corporate on January 21, 2023, 05:21:13 PM

Something similar sort of happened in the USA as well, in Texas and this was last year if I am not wrong. They had such a huge shortage that people would not get electricity at all, and they were trying to use generators and such to keep it going, using gas to keep it running and it was a lot more expensive. Some people got literally 10k+ dollars in electricity bills because they used the very few that was left. All in all, you know what happened? Energy companies made more money from that situation than normal, because they gave less energy and yet charged more so they did alright. It should be a public law that energy companies that sell energy should guarantee running time, if not they should be given some competition so that everyone would have energy from one or the other.

I remember the U.S. A incident. It was not out for so long as compared to what most countries, in West Africa, go through. The reason so much was spent or lost is due to the over dependance on these power companies. Or should I better say, the confidence they have.
What South Africa is facing is same scenario, wherein they have gotten so used to having power and have grown their economy with it, only to run into huge losses once the power is out.
I am indeed empathic towards the plight of those who have made some losses. I hope the power company resolves it quickly.

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Something similar sort of happened in the USA as well, in Texas and this was last year if I am not wrong. They had such a huge shortage that people would not get electricity at all, and they were trying to use generators and such to keep it going, using gas to keep it running and it was a lot more expensive. Some people got literally 10k+ dollars in electricity bills because they used the very few that was left. All in all, you know what happened? Energy companies made more money from that situation than normal, because they gave less energy and yet charged more so they did alright. It should be a public law that energy companies that sell energy should guarantee running time, if not they should be given some competition so that everyone would have energy from one or the other.

crzy

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A poultry farm that purely relay on the light and other things that requires an electricity without any backup plan should be the one to blame for, power outages is normal as they experience problem as well or even with the maintenance. This should not happen if they have generators or starting to invest with the solar power, though if the power outages came from the fault of the provider, I guess it can be valid but I’m sure they are valid reason for outages or else they have to pay for the damages.

Ojima-ojo

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Quote from: franky1 on January 21, 2023, 03:38:06 PM

unless the power company COULD produce electric. but simply decided "nah not today, lets go on vacation instead" then they are liable. especially if a farmer pre-paid their bill to get power for the month, but didnt receive it. as that's a breach of the service agreement

In some parts of the world, where electricity supply is highly privatised and some of their clients are under insurance the customer may claim damages after all a prepaid customer already load their electricity prepaid meter to serve them for the entire period written in the agreementand power supply in the such region is near 100%/available.

The poultry farmer should have made available alternative power sources and the best alternative that is suitable for such business with low cost are solar panels since the poultry doesn't need a lot of electricity because what the birds need is just 💡 ligntening points.

franky1

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should have bought a generator.

if a hospital cant sue an electric company.. a hospital instead realises lives are at risk and invests in a generator back up

also poultry farmer should think about he area he set up his farm and its reliance on resources of that area
a farmer of wheat wouldnt set up in the desert after all, where water is not reliable

unless the power company COULD produce electric. but simply decided "nah not today, lets go on vacation instead" then they are liable. especially if a farmer pre-paid their bill to get power for the month, but didnt receive it. as thats a breach of service agreement

Spaceman1000$

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Power outages in south Africa has caused the death of over 40000 birds in a poultry farm in south Africa, the farmer recounts his losses as the electricity distribution company refuse to bring power for some days.

The farmer said, his ready to press for charges for the damages he has incurred.

The situation has really caused him a homogeneous economic loss, sincerely it's really an unfortunate situation.

https://www.news24.com/fin24/economy/see-farmer-to-put-r15m-claim-to-eskom-after-tens-of-thousands-of-chickens-killed-20230119

Topic: Power outages causes huge economic loss in south Africa. (Read 347 times)