Power utility Eskom says that generating capacity has been stable this week, allowing it to keep suspending outages during the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The group said that load shedding will continue to be suspended from midnight until 16h00 each day, and moving to stage 3 in the evenings (16h00 to 00h00) until further notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If the group can avoid any short-term shocks, this will make it the second week in a row that it has been able to suspend load shedding for extended periods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The utility first announced significant suspensions at the start of June – surprising many as June marks the first official month of winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
South Africans have been warned for months that winter load shedding would be the worst on record, with many energy experts and analysts sounding the alarm on stage 8 or even higher hitting households.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eskom itself warned of grid pressure and tough times in winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, contrary to these warnings, the grid has been the most stable it has been in almost a year, with load shedding not moving beyond stage 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Broadly, the change in load shedding and better performance of the grid can be attributed to the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Schedules <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n For people living in the major metros, load shedding schedules are available here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n