Energy

Eskom makes changes to load shedding schedule

Staff Writer

 ·22 Feb 2020

Eskom will stop rotational load shedding at 17h00 on Saturday (22 February) due to improved generation system performance, offering customers some much-needed relief from power cuts in the evening.

The power utility said that it will resume implementing rotational load shedding from 08h00 on Sunday (23 February). Eskom had previously warned that load shedding would continue throughout the entire weekend.

“Two generation units have successfully returned to service earlier than expected this morning and the pumped-storage schemes have recovered adequately, setting us on a good course to full recovery by Monday morning.

“Unplanned breakdowns have reduced, giving us some reprieve from load shedding during the night while affording us some headroom to replenish the emergency reserves to better meet the week’s demands.”

Eskom warned that despite the relief from load shedding this evening, its system still remained constrained and unpredictable.

#POWERALERT 1
Date: 22 February 2020

Rotational loadshedding will stop at 17:00 today, and will resume again on Sunday at 08:00 @SABCNewsOnline @SABCRadio @IOL @eNCA @ewnupdates @News24 @SAgovnews @TheSAnews pic.twitter.com/18GBe6V4yz

— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) February 22, 2020

Load shedding schedules

Customers can find their various load shedding schedules on their local metro or municipal websites, where applicable, or from Eskom directly.

For those living in South Africa’s major metros, here is where you can check to see when you will be hit:

• 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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