{"id":628150,"date":"2022-09-25T14:55:03","date_gmt":"2022-09-25T12:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=628150"},"modified":"2022-09-25T14:58:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-25T12:58:11","slug":"stage-3-and-4-load-shedding-this-week-here-is-the-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/628150\/stage-3-and-4-load-shedding-this-week-here-is-the-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Stage 3 and 4 load shedding this week – here is the schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"

Power utility Eskom says it will implement all-day load shedding this week at stage 3 and stage 4.<\/p>\n

Stage 3 load shedding will continue to be implemented during the day between 00h00 and 16h00, escalating to stage 4 during the evening peaks between 16h00 and 00h00.<\/p>\n

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A further update will be published on Wednesday afternoon, or as soon as there are any significant changes, it said.<\/p>\n

“Eskom is still experiencing constraints from its diesel suppliers that is affecting the availability of bulk diesel to the Ankerlig and Gourikwa Open Cycle Gas Turbines, which have a combined capacity of 2,000MW.<\/p>\n

“While we expect diesel deliveries from Tuesday onwards, should this uncertainty of supply persist, higher stages of load shedding may be required,” it said.<\/p>\n

While some generation units are anticipated to return to service, it is necessary to continue the load shedding to conserve emergency generation reserves, Eskom said.<\/p>\n

Since Friday a generation unit each at Camden and Kriel power stations were taken offline for repairs. Another generating unit each at Kriel and Kusile power stations were returned to service.<\/p>\n

Eskom said it currently has 5,897MW on planned maintenance, while another 16,739MW of capacity is unavailable due to breakdowns.<\/p>\n

It recently published its load shedding outlook for the rest of the year, noting that it has to keep unplanned outages below 13,000MW to minimise rolling blackouts.<\/p>\n

In a more load shedding-heavy scenario, if outages remain above 14,500MW, stage 2 load shedding will be frequent for the foreseeable future. If the power utility cannot keep outages under 16,000MW, load shedding at higher stages becomes the standard.<\/p>\n

Schedules\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

For people living in the major metros, load shedding schedules are available here:<\/p>\n