Weekend load shedding at high stages – here’s the new schedule
Power utility Eskom says that load shedding will continue at high stages this coming weekend.
Due to lower weekend demand and the return to service of some generating units, load shedding will range between stage 3 and stage 4 over the weekend, book-ended by stage 5 on Friday and Monday.
Stage 4 load shedding will continue until 16h00 on Friday, thereafter it will escalate to stage 5 overnight. Stage 3 load shedding will kick in the morning, and then the schedule will alternate between stage 3 and stage 4 over the daytime and evening sessions, respectively.
Stage 4 load shedding will persist on Monday, moving to stage 5 in the evening.
Eskom will publish a further update as soon as any significant changes occur.
The full schedule is below:
Friday, 5 May
- Stage 4: until 16h00
- Stage 5: 16h00 to 00h00
Saturday, 6 May
- Stage 5: 00h00 to 05h00
- Stage 3: 05h00 to 16h00
- Stage 4: 16h00 to 00h00
Sunday, 7 May
- Stage 4: 00h00 to 05h00
- Stage 3: 05h00 to 16h00
- Stage 4: 16h00 to 00h00
Monday, 8 May
- Stage 4: 00h00 to 16h00
- Stage 5: 16h00 to 00h00
Breakdowns are currently at 17,245MW of generating capacity while the generating capacity out of service for planned maintenance is 4,468MW.
Since yesterday morning, a generating unit each at Hendrina, Lethabo and Tutuka power stations have returned to service.
Over the past 24 hours a generation unit each at Camden, Kendal, Majuba, and two generating units at Duvha power stations were taken out of service due to breakdowns.
Furthermore, the delay in returning units to service at Arnot, Camden, Hendrina, Kendal and Matla power stations continue to add to the current capacity constraints.
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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