Eskom gives load shedding update ahead of the weekend – here is the new schedule
Due to some recovery in generation capacity over the past 24 hours, Eskom has announced that load shedding will be reduced to stage 3 from 21h00 tonight until 05h00 on Friday.
Thereafter load shedding will be lowered to stage 2 until 05h00 on Monday morning, as previously communicated. Eskom appealed to all South Africans to continue helping us limit the impact of load shedding by reducing the usage of electricity and to switch off all non-essential items.
“The emergency generation reserves have sufficiently improved to permit a reduction in the stage of load shedding.
“A generation unit each at Matla, Medupi, Kusile and Camden power stations have returned to service while a unit each at Matla, Lethabo and Arnot power stations were taken offline for repairs during the same period. Two other units are expected to return to service today while another five generation units are expected to be back in service by Monday afternoon.”
Total breakdowns currently amount to 13,942MW while planned maintenance is 7,136MW of capacity.
“Eskom would like to apologise for the implementation of load shedding, and will continuously review the situation and act appropriately as circumstances change. We will communicate promptly should there be any significant changes to the power system.”
Schedule
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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