Load shedding downgraded to stage 1 until Monday
Power utility Eskom has announced that load shedding will be downgraded to stage 1 from 21h00 on Friday (4 February) until 05h00 on Monday (7 February).
This follows an improvement in the generation capacity, together with the traditionally reduced weekend demand, it said.
“While there has been an improvement in the generation capacity, and a significant recovery in the emergency generation reserves, caution is still called for as this is not sufficient to suspend load shedding at this point.
“Eskom will continue to evaluate the system and make the necessary adjustments as soon as conditions allow.”
Since Thursday evening, a generating unit at the Kusile Power Station was returned to service while a unit at the Hendrina Power Station was shut down to repair a boiler tube leak.
A unit each Duvha, Kriel, and Hendrina power stations were taken offline for planned maintenance.
Eskom appealed to all South Africans to help limit the impact of load shedding by reducing the usage of electricity and to switch off non-essential items.
“We will communicate promptly should there be any significant changes to the power system,” it said.
Loadshedding will be reduced to Stage 1 from 21:00 tonight until 05:00 on Monday as good progress has been achieved in recovering generation capacity@SABCNews @eNCA @Newzroom405 @News24 @IOL @ewnupdates pic.twitter.com/wcRKwtbctK
— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) February 4, 2022
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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