{"id":694033,"date":"2023-06-06T07:39:13","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T05:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=694033"},"modified":"2023-06-06T07:53:22","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T05:53:22","slug":"eskom-suspends-load-shedding-today-heres-the-new-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/694033\/eskom-suspends-load-shedding-today-heres-the-new-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Eskom suspends load shedding today &#8211; here&#8217;s the new schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Power utility Eskom says it has suspended load shedding today (6 June) due to lower anticipated demand and improved available generation capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Load shedding will be suspended from 08:00 until 16:00 today. Thereafter, Stage 4 load shedding will be implemented from 16:00 as per the latest schedule published previously.<\/p>\n<p>Eskom said it would communicate if any significant changes occur. The updated schedule is as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, 6 June\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Suspended: 08h00 to 16h00<\/li>\n<li>Stage 4: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, 7 June\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stage 4: 00h00 to 05h00<\/li>\n<li>Stage 1: 05h00 to 16h00<\/li>\n<li>Stage 4: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It again added that it thanks those South Africans who do heed the call to use electricity sparingly and efficiently, including switching off geysers from 17:00 to 21:00, in helping to alleviate the pressure on the power system and contributing to lower stages of load shedding.<\/p>\n<p>The power utility&#8217;s move to suspend load shedding as days get colder runs counter to warnings that load shedding would escalate in winter.<\/p>\n<p>According to the group&#8217;s generation data, it has managed to reduce outages to around 15,500MW, while peak demand has hit 32,400MW &#8211; close to the 33,000MW anticipated for winter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Evening Peak 05\/06\/2023 (18:25)<\/p>\n<p>Eskom Availability 30 589MW.<br \/>\nLoadshedding: 4 553 MW<br \/>\nTotal demand: 32 390 MW<br \/>\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<br \/>\n-Number of OCGT&#8217;s<br \/>\nand GT\u2019s Utilised: 4<br \/>\n-Renewable Gen: 589<br \/>\nMW<br \/>\n-IPP Availability<br \/>\n(Dispatchable): 844<br \/>\nMW<br \/>\n-RES: Wind 428 MW,<br \/>\nCSP 161 MW<br \/>\n-Demand\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Eskom_SA\/status\/1665792959198158848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>If Eskom can keep outages below 15,000MW, its base plan for winter shows it will be able to keep load shedding between stage 3 and stage 5. However, if any serious breakdowns happen, or any other disruption, the threat of pushing to higher stages is still there.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-689057\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Winter-scenarios.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1351\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Winter-scenarios.png 1351w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Winter-scenarios-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Winter-scenarios-1024x408.png 1024w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Winter-scenarios-768x306.png 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Winter-scenarios-1200x478.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1351px) 100vw, 1351px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The same risk exists if demand gets pushed up for any reason. Historically, South Africa&#8217;s winter demand has pushed as high as 37,000MW. In this scenario, four additional stages of load shedding would be required.<\/p>\n<p>Eskom has been on a massive drive to curb demand, getting more groups and companies on board with its demand side management contracting, and driving public information campaigns to get households to cut their electricity use during peak hours.<\/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:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/690923\/heres-the-new-load-shedding-schedule-for-ethekwini-taking-effect-tomorrow\/\">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\/693619\/here-is-the-official-petrol-price-for-june-4\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Here is the official petrol price for June<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eskom suspends load shedding for today (6 June). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":647437,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9874],"tags":[1164,26],"class_list":["post-694033","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\/694033","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=694033"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":694043,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694033\/revisions\/694043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}