{"id":719976,"date":"2023-09-21T06:18:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T04:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=719976"},"modified":"2023-09-21T06:18:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T04:18:38","slug":"load-shedding-suspension-continues-heres-the-new-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/719976\/load-shedding-suspension-continues-heres-the-new-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Load shedding suspension continues &#8211; here&#8217;s the new schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Power utility Eskom says that improved generation capacity has allowed it to suspend load shedding once again on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to improved generation capacity, and reduced level of breakdowns, currently at 13,501MW of generation capacity, load shedding will be suspended until 16h00. Thereafter, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As with most of this week so far, load shedding will return in the evening &#8211; stage 3 load shedding will be implemented from 16h00 until 05h00 on Friday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eskom will publish another update should any significant changes occur, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latest schedule is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thursday, 21 September<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stage 3: 00h00 to 02h30<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Suspended: 02h30 to 16h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage 3: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Friday, 22 September<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stage 3: 00h00 to 05h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage TBD: 05h00 onwards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The utility has taken a very different approach to load shedding this week, moving away from set schedules and instead giving daily updates and changes on the fly, depending on the status of the grid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This has allowed the group to suspend load shedding for most of the week &#8211; a major change from indefinite stage 6 load shedding that hit most of last week.<\/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\/energy\/719596\/double-trouble-south-africa-heading-for-a-new-load-shedding-record\/\">Double trouble \u2013 South Africa heading for a new load shedding record<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eskom says it will be able to keep the lights on &#8211; during the day &#8211; again on Thursday, as its load shedding suspension streak continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":681069,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9874],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-719976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719976","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=719976"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":719978,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719976\/revisions\/719978"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/681069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=719976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=719976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=719976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}