{"id":705303,"date":"2023-07-19T15:21:25","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T13:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=705303"},"modified":"2023-07-19T15:56:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T13:56:48","slug":"eskom-pushes-load-shedding-higher-as-8-units-go-down-heres-the-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/705303\/eskom-pushes-load-shedding-higher-as-8-units-go-down-heres-the-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Eskom pushes load shedding higher as 8 units go down &#8211; here&#8217;s the schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Power utility Eskom says that it will have to push load shedding higher on Wednesday (19 July) after eight of its units broke down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Load shedding will be pushed to stage 4 on Wednesday evening from 16h00 until 05h00 on Thursday; thereafter stage 3 load shedding will continue until 16h00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the current plan:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wednesday, 19 July<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stage 1: until 16h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage 4: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thursday, 20 July<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stage 4: 00h00 to 05h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage 3: 05h00 to 16h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage 4: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Friday, 21 July<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stage 4: 00h00 to 05h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage 2: 05h00 to 16h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage 4: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Saturday, 22 July<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stage 4: 00h00 to 05h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage 2: 05h00 to 16h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage 4: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Load-shedding-19-July.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Load-shedding-19-July-1024x528.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-705333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Load-shedding-19-July-1024x528.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Load-shedding-19-July-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Load-shedding-19-July-768x396.jpg 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Load-shedding-19-July.jpg 1039w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Breakdowns have increased to 19,127MW of generating capacity while the generating capacity out of<br>service for planned maintenance is 2,313MW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since Tuesday evening, two generating units at Grootvlei Power Station were returned to service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The delay in returning to service a generating unit each at Kendal, Kriel, Matla, and two generating units<br>at Tutuka power stations is contributing to the current capacity constraints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group warned earlier this week that load shedding was likely to escalate as demand ticked higher and its reserves depleted heading into the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Data from independent energy analyst Pieter Jordaan shows that the power utility continues to operate on a &#8216;razor thin&#8217; reserve, with any breakdown or bump in operations threatening to push outages higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the group has managed to improve generating capacity slightly over the past month or so, much of South Africa&#8217;s load shedding relief has been delivered thanks to a drop in user demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This changed last week, however, when a bitter cold snap pushed energy demand to the levels projected by Eskom at the start of winter, when it warned that higher stages of load shedding were highly likely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This resulted in stage 6 load shedding being implemented for an extended period.<\/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:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/704529\/more-load-shedding-pain-around-the-corner\/\">More load shedding pain around the corner<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eskom says breakdowns at 8 of its units have necessitated a higher stage of load shedding.<\/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-705303","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\/705303","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=705303"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":705339,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705303\/revisions\/705339"}],"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=705303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=705303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=705303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}