{"id":701343,"date":"2023-07-04T15:05:03","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T13:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=701343"},"modified":"2023-07-04T15:07:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T13:07:04","slug":"eskom-pushing-load-shedding-higher-this-week-heres-the-new-schedule-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/701343\/eskom-pushing-load-shedding-higher-this-week-heres-the-new-schedule-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Eskom pushing load shedding higher this week &#8211; here&#8217;s the new schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Power utility Eskom says that it will be breaking daytime suspensions of load shedding and pushing outages up to stage 1 during the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stage 3 load shedding will be implemented from 16h00 on Tuesday (4 July) until midnight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Wednesday and Thursday, stage 1 load shedding will be implemented from 05h00 until 16h00, followed by Stage 3 load shedding from 16h00 until midnight on both days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The implementation of Stage 1 load shedding is due to an increase in generation unit failures,&#8221; Eskom said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the return to daytime load shedding, Eskom said that it expects to suspend outages once again later in the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Load shedding will be suspended from midnight on Thursday until 16h00 on Friday, and stage 3 load shedding will be implemented again from 16h00 until midnight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eskom said it would publish another update should any significant changes occur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tuesday, 4 July<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Suspended: until 16h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage 3: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wednesday, 5 July<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Suspended: 00h00 to 05h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage 1: 05h00 to 16h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage 3: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thursday, 6 July<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Suspended: 00h00 to 05h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage 1: 05h00 to 16h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage 3: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Friday, 7 July<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Suspended: 00h00 to 16h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage 3: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Breakdowns currently amount to 14,991MW of generating capacity while the generating capacity out of service for planned maintenance is 4,264MW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past 24 hours, a generating unit each at Grootvlei, Kriel and Matla power stations was returned to service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the same period, a generation unit each at Majuba and Tutuka power stations was taken out of service due to breakdowns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The delay in returning to service a generating unit at Tutuka Power Station is contributing to the current capacity constraints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Schedules&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For people living in the major metros, load shedding schedules are available here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citypower.co.za\/customers\/Pages\/Load_Shedding_Downloads.aspx\">City of Johannesburg<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekurhuleni.gov.za\/residents\/load-shedding-schedules.html\">City of Ekurhuleni&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tshwane.gov.za\/?page_id=1124\">City of Tshwane&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\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=\"noreferrer noopener\">City of Cape Town (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nelsonmandelabay.gov.za\/page\/loadshedding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nelson Mandela Bay<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\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\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/centlec.co.za\/LoadShedding\/LoadSheddingDocuments\">Manguang<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buffalocity.gov.za\/notice.php?id=4JVjjqq9G\">Buffalo City<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For access to other load shedding schedules, Eskom has made them available on&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/loadshedding.eskom.co.za\/\">loadshedding.eskom.co.za.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\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\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/701211\/big-load-shedding-bounce-for-south-africa\/\">Big load shedding \u2018bounce\u2019 for South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eskom says it will be pushing load shedding higher this week &#8211; 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