{"id":683283,"date":"2023-04-26T11:21:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T09:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=683283"},"modified":"2023-04-26T11:23:46","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T09:23:46","slug":"lighter-load-shedding-planned-for-the-long-weekend-heres-the-new-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/683283\/lighter-load-shedding-planned-for-the-long-weekend-heres-the-new-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Lighter load shedding planned for the long weekend &#8211; here&#8217;s the new schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Power utility Eskom says that it is anticipating lower demand over the coming long weekend, and is thus planning to ease the load shedding schedules over the period.<\/p>\n<p>Stage 4 load shedding will be implemented from 16h00 on Wednesday until 05h00 on Thursday, as previously planned.<\/p>\n<p>Thereafter various stages will be implemented, ranging between stage 1 and stage 4.<\/p>\n<p>This is the schedule:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, 26 April<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stage 3: until 16h00<\/li>\n<li>Stage 4: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Thursday, 27 April<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stage 4: 00h00 to 05h00<\/li>\n<li>Stage 2: 05h00 to 16h00<\/li>\n<li>Stage 4: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday, 28 April<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stage 4: 00h00 to 05h00<\/li>\n<li>Stage 3: 05h00 to 16h00<\/li>\n<li>Stage 4: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Saturday, 29 April<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stage 4: 00h00 to 05h00<\/li>\n<li>Stage 3: 05h00 to 16h00<\/li>\n<li>Stage 4: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sunday, 30 April<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stage 4: 00h00 to 05h00<\/li>\n<li>Stage 1: 05h00 to 16h00<\/li>\n<li>Stage 3: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-683287\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Load-shedding-26-April.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1013\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Load-shedding-26-April.png 1013w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Load-shedding-26-April-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Load-shedding-26-April-768x399.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1013px) 100vw, 1013px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Breakdowns are currently at 16,283MW of generating capacity while the generating capacity out of service for planned maintenance is 5,065MW.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past 24 hours, a generation unit at Kriel Power Station was returned to service.<\/p>\n<p>In the same period, a generating unit each at Camden and Duvha power stations were taken offline for repairs.<\/p>\n<p>The delays in returning a unit to service at Kendal and two units each at Kriel and Tutuka power stations contributed to the current capacity constraints. The team is working around the clock to ensure that generating units are returned to service as soon as possible.<\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citypower.co.za\/customers\/Pages\/Load_Shedding_Downloads.aspx\">City of Johannesburg<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekurhuleni.gov.za\/residents\/load-shedding-schedules.html\">City of Ekurhuleni\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tshwane.gov.za\/?page_id=1124\">City of Tshwane\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><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><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nelsonmandelabay.gov.za\/page\/loadshedding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nelson Mandela Bay<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.durban.gov.za\/pages\/residents\/load-shedding\">eThekwini<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/centlec.co.za\/LoadShedding\/LoadSheddingDocuments\">Manguang<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buffalocity.gov.za\/notice.php?id=4JVjjqq9G\">Buffalo City<\/a><\/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\/683123\/big-push-for-new-smart-meters-to-stop-load-shedding\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Big push for new smart meters to stop load shedding<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eskom has published a new load shedding schedule for the coming long weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":671797,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9874],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-683283","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\/683283","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=683283"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":683293,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683283\/revisions\/683293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=683283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=683283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}