{"id":606250,"date":"2022-07-13T14:08:41","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T12:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=606250"},"modified":"2022-07-13T14:08:41","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T12:08:41","slug":"eskom-says-no-stage-4-load-shedding-on-wednesday-heres-the-new-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/606250\/eskom-says-no-stage-4-load-shedding-on-wednesday-heres-the-new-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Eskom says no stage 4 load shedding on Wednesday &#8211; here&#8217;s the new schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Power utility Eskom will no longer implement stage 4 load shedding on Wednesday (13 July), saying it has enough capacity to keep rolling blackouts at stage 3.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the overnight load shedding at Stage 2 will be reduced to Stage 1 from midnights to 05h00 on Thursday, it said.<\/p>\n<p>Load shedding for Thursday, however, remains as previously communicated.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the new schedule:<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Load-shedding-Wednesday-13-July.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-606252\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Load-shedding-Wednesday-13-July.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"714\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Load-shedding-Wednesday-13-July.png 944w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Load-shedding-Wednesday-13-July-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Load-shedding-Wednesday-13-July-768x545.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In its previous statements, Eskom warned that generation capacity shortages would persist for &#8220;the next few weeks&#8221; and that load shedding schedules would change as and when the available capacity changes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Eskom would like to remind the public that load shedding is implemented only as a last resort to protect the national grid. We therefore urge all South Africans to continue using electricity sparingly especially during these uncertain times on the power system.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Loadshedding will continue to be implemented at Stage 3 until midnight. No longer Stage 4 as previously communicated. Furthermore, the overnight load shedding at Stage 2 will be reduced to Stage 1 from 00:00-05:00.<br \/>\nLoad shedding for Thursday remains as previously communicated. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TeWGwviAz1\">pic.twitter.com\/TeWGwviAz1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Eskom_SA\/status\/1547189452161916928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Schedules\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For people living in the major metros, load shedding schedules are available here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citypower.co.za\/customers\/Pages\/Load_Shedding_Downloads.aspx\">City of Johannesburg<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekurhuleni.gov.za\/residents\/load-shedding-schedules.html\">City of Ekurhuleni\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tshwane.gov.za\/sites\/Departments\/Public-works-and-infrastructure\/Pages\/Load-Shedding.aspx\">City of Tshwane\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/resource.capetown.gov.za\/documentcentre\/Documents\/Procedures%2C%20guidelines%20and%20regulations\/Load_Shedding_All_Areas_Schedule_and_Map.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">City of Cape Town (PDF)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nelsonmandelabay.gov.za\/page\/loadshedding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nelson Mandela Bay<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.durban.gov.za\/City_Services\/electricity\/Load_Shedding\/Pages\/default.aspx\">eThekwini<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centlec.co.za\/Pages\/Page\/Loadshedding\">Manguang<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buffalocity.gov.za\/notice.php?id=4JVjjqq9G\">Buffalo City<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For access to other load shedding schedules, Eskom has made them available on\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/loadshedding.eskom.co.za\/\">loadshedding.eskom.co.za.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business-opinion\/605506\/south-african-workers-are-saying-no-to-the-office-but-load-shedding-could-push-them-back-ceo\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">South African workers are saying \u2018no\u2019 to the office \u2013 but load shedding could push them back: CEO<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Power utility Eskom will no longer implement stage 4 load shedding on Wednesday (13 July), saying it has enough capacity to keep rolling blackouts at stage 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":466991,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9874],"tags":[1164,26],"class_list":["post-606250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy","tag-eskom","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606250"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":606254,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606250\/revisions\/606254"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}