Eskom moves to stage 2 load shedding
Eskom has reduced load shedding to stage two on Friday morning, having returned some generation capacity to service over the past 24-hours.
The power utility said that stage two load shedding will be implemented until 5:00 on Saturday.
“Over the past 24 hours, a unit each at the Koeberg, Medupi, Kriel, Kusile and Tutuka power stations have returned to service, helping to ease the current capacity constraints.”
The group said that a unit each at Majuba and Arnot power stations tripped, while a single unit at Matla was forced to shut down.
Total breakdowns amount to 14,161MW, while planned maintenance is 5,449MW of capacity, it said.
Loadshedding will be reduced to Stage 3 from 21:00 on Thursday until 05:00 on Friday; thereafter Stage 2 loadshedding will be implemented as previously
communicated until 05:00 on Saturday pic.twitter.com/Mta1XRFt6m— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) October 28, 2021
Eskom has warned in a summer load shedding forecast for 2021/2022, that its system is likely to remain severely constrained for the near future.
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.
Read: Here is Eskom’s load shedding forecast for the next year – and things could get much worse
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