Load shedding suspended for the weekend
Power utility Eskom has announced that load shedding will be suspended at midnight on Friday.
The group said that further updates will be delivered on Sunday for the week ahead or if anything happens that necessitates communication.
“Due to lower weekend demand load shedding will be suspended at midnight on Friday. Eskom will publish a further update on Sunday afternoon or as soon as any significant changes occur,” it said.
Since Wednesday evening (12 October), a generation unit each at Arnot and Majuba power stations was returned to service, while a generating unit each at Duvha, Hendrina, Lethabo and Tutuka power stations was taken offline for repairs.
Eskom currently has 5,254MW on planned maintenance, while another 15,190MW of capacity is unavailable due to breakdowns.
Load shedding was downgraded to stage 1 on Friday, following stage 2 for most of the week. Load shedding was suspended last weekend for a little over a day before breakdowns forced rolling blackouts to return.
Before being suspended, Eskom was on the longest load shedding streak in history, carrying the schedules over 32 days.
Due to lower weekend demand, loadshedding will be suspended at midnight on Friday. pic.twitter.com/DBgf8qgV0a
— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) October 14, 2022
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