Eskom announces load shedding changes for the weekend – here is the new schedule
Power utility Eskom has announced that load shedding will be kept to stage 1 and stage 2 over the coming weekend, but will still be at stage 3 on Friday.
Load shedding will also continue into next week, it said, though it anticipates lower stages of load shedding will be adequate, as some units return to service.
“This will be confirmed closer to the time, or as major changes occur. Should anything change in the intervening period, Eskom will communicate and implement any changes as may be necessary,” it said.
The group said that it currently has 4,501MW on planned maintenance, while another 16,320MW of capacity is unavailable due to breakdowns.
“As the generation capacity shortages persist over the next few weeks, load shedding will continue to be implemented at various stages. Eskom cautions the public that it will still take a few weeks for the power generation system to recover.”
For Thursday, load shedding will continue at stage 3 until 16h00, then it will escalate to stage 4 until midnight. The new schedule also shows time slots where no load shedding is planned, pointing to a steady move back to only peak-hour load shedding.
Stage 4 loadshedding will be implemented at 16:00 – 24:00 this evening and Stage 3 for Friday,
with lower stages of loadshedding implemented through the weekend. pic.twitter.com/QFYQGEOAQF— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) July 14, 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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