{"id":607302,"date":"2022-07-15T14:25:12","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T12:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=607302"},"modified":"2022-07-15T14:28:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T12:28:00","slug":"eskom-moves-back-to-evening-load-shedding-only-heres-the-new-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/607302\/eskom-moves-back-to-evening-load-shedding-only-heres-the-new-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Eskom moves back to evening load shedding only &#8211; here&#8217;s the new schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Power utility Eskom says it will be moving back load shedding during the evening peak period after weeks of near 24-hour schedules.<\/p>\n<p>The group said it would remain at stage 3 load shedding on Friday (15 July) until midnight, with stage 2 load shedding coming into effect again on Saturday and Sunday between 16h00 and 00h00.<\/p>\n<p>This schedule will continue throughout next week unless something changes, it said. &#8220;Eskom will promptly announce and implement any changes as may be necessary. A full statement will be issued when necessary.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The group previously said that as the generation capacity shortages persist over the next few weeks, load shedding will continue to be implemented at various stages. It cautioned the public that it will still take a few weeks for the power <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">generation system to recover.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Load-shedding-Friday-15-July.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-607304\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Load-shedding-Friday-15-July.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"945\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Load-shedding-Friday-15-July.png 945w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Load-shedding-Friday-15-July-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Load-shedding-Friday-15-July-768x369.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">1\/2 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Loadshedding?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Loadshedding<\/a> Announcement<\/p>\n<p>Loadshedding will be implemented at Stage 2 during the evening peak from 16:00 &#8211; 22:00 on Saturday and Sunday. It is anticipated that Stage 2 loadshedding will also be implemented during the evening peak of 16:00 &#8211; 22:00 throughout next week.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Eskom_SA\/status\/1547919187531550720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 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\/energy\/607228\/anc-wants-a-second-eskom-to-be-introduced-in-south-africa-report\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">ANC wants a \u2018second Eskom\u2019 to be introduced in South Africa: report<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Power utility Eskom says it will be moving back load shedding in the evening peak, after weeks of near-24 hour schedules.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":432080,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9874],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-607302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607302","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=607302"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":607314,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607302\/revisions\/607314"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}