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- Suspended: until 16h00<\/li>\n
- Stage 3: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Wednesday, 7 June\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Suspended: 00h00 to 16h00<\/li>\n
- Stage 3: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Repeat until further notice<\/strong><\/p>\n
The group is suspending load shedding dispute breakdowns being above its planned scenarios. This is coming at the cost of planned maintenance, however, which has been significantly reduced.<\/p>\n
Breakdowns are currently at 16,056MW of generating capacity while the generating capacity out of service for planned maintenance is 2,407MW.<\/p>\n
Over the past 24 hours, a generating unit each at Kriel and Majuba power stations were returned to service.<\/p>\n
In the same period, a generation unit each at Duvha, Hendrina, Kendal, Lethabo and Matla power stations were taken out of service due to breakdowns.<\/p>\n
The further delays in returning to service a generating unit at Arnot, Camden and Hendrina power stations are contributing to the current capacity constraints.<\/p>\n
According to its winter outlook, 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.<\/p>\n
However, if any serious breakdowns happen, or any other disruption, the threat of pushing to higher stages is still there.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nThe same risk exists if demand gets pushed up for any reason. Historically, South Africa\u2019s winter demand has pushed as high as 37,000MW. In this scenario, four additional stages of load shedding would be required.<\/p>\n
The latest demand figures have shown reduced demand, however, at around 32,000MW.<\/p>\n
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
Schedules\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
For people living in the major metros, load shedding schedules are available here:<\/p>\n
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- City of Johannesburg<\/a><\/li>\n
- City of Ekurhuleni\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n
- City of Tshwane\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n
- City of Cape Town (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n
- Nelson Mandela Bay<\/a><\/li>\n
- eThekwini<\/a><\/li>\n
- Manguang<\/a><\/li>\n
- Buffalo City<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
For access to other load shedding schedules, Eskom has made them available on\u00a0loadshedding.eskom.co.za.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
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
\n - City of Ekurhuleni\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n
- City of Johannesburg<\/a><\/li>\n