Eskom moves up to stage 2 load shedding
Eskom has announced that it will be moving to stage 2 load shedding on Thursday (16 April) from 18h00.
The group issued the power alert over Twitter: “Eskom will move from stage 1 to stage 2 load shedding at 18h00 until 22h00 tonight.”
South Africans have been experiencing load shedding all week, with the power utility moving to its highest stage – stage 3 – on at least two occasions.
Stage 1 load shedding allows for 1000MW of power to be pulled off the grid, stage 2 makes provision for 2000MW, and stage 3 takes off 4000MW.
At a media briefing on Wednesday Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown said Eskom only wanted to subject South Africans to a few hours of stage 3 load shedding, which is why it’s usually only implemented from 16h00 to 22h00 and not for the whole day.
“There will be load shedding for the next two years,” she said. “It is time for South Africans and the economy to adapt to the situation and find a way to save electricity and manage their productivity during the few hours of load shedding when it occurs.”
The minister also warned of more intensive load shedding in the coming winter months, where maintenance in winter is a deviation from the normal practice at Eskom.
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