Lighter load shedding planned for the long weekend – here’s the new schedule

Power utility Eskom says that it is anticipating lower demand over the coming long weekend, and is thus planning to ease the load shedding schedules over the period.

Stage 4 load shedding will be implemented from 16h00 on Wednesday until 05h00 on Thursday, as previously planned.

Thereafter various stages will be implemented, ranging between stage 1 and stage 4.

This is the schedule:

Breakdowns are currently at 16,283MW of generating capacity while the generating capacity out of service for planned maintenance is 5,065MW.

Over the past 24 hours, a generation unit at Kriel Power Station was returned to service.

In the same period, a generating unit each at Camden and Duvha power stations were taken offline for repairs.

The delays in returning a unit to service at Kendal and two units each at Kriel and Tutuka power stations contributed to the current capacity constraints. The team is working around the clock to ensure that generating units are returned to service as soon as possible.

Schedules 

For people living in the major metros, load shedding schedules are available here:

• City of Johannesburg
• City of Ekurhuleni 
• City of Tshwane 
• City of Cape Town (PDF)
• Nelson Mandela Bay
• eThekwini
• Manguang
• Buffalo City

For access to other load shedding schedules, Eskom has made them available on loadshedding.eskom.co.za.

Smartphone users can also download the app EskomSePush to receive push notifications when load shedding is implemented, as well as the times the area you are in will be off.

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Lighter load shedding planned for the long weekend – here’s the new schedule