{"id":734435,"date":"2023-11-28T15:57:09","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T13:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=734435"},"modified":"2023-11-28T16:02:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T14:02:13","slug":"stage-6-load-shedding-is-back-again-and-will-be-around-all-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/734435\/stage-6-load-shedding-is-back-again-and-will-be-around-all-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Stage 6 load shedding is back again &#8211; and will be around all week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Power utility Eskom has announced that load shedding will once again be pushed up to stage 6 &#8211; the second time such an escalation has been warranted in less than a week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group said that load shedding will be pushed up to stage 6 at 20h00 on Tuesday (28 November) until 05h00 on Wednesday. Thereafter, outages will return to stage 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The stage 4 and stage 6 rotation will continue until Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The schedule is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tuesday, 28 November<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stage 4: until 20h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage 6: 20h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wednesday, 29 November<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stage 6: 00h00 to 05h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage 4: 05h00 to 20h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage 6: 20h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thursday, 30 November<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stage 6: 00h00 to 05h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage 4: 05h00 to 20h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage 6: 20h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Friday, 1 December<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stage 6: 00h00 to 05h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage 4: 05h00 to 20h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage 6: 20h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Saturday, 2 December<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stage 6: 00h00 to 05h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage and time TBA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Eskom said the escalation is necessary to replenish emergency reserves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There has also been a slight increase in breakdowns, which have increased by 401 MW to 15,825MW, whilst planned maintenance increased by 555 MW to 6,835MW of generation capacity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1,300 MW of generation capacity was returned to service in the last 24 hours, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Eskom will closely monitor the power system and communicate any changes to load shedding should it be required,&#8221; it said.<\/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\/finance\/734159\/stage-6-load-shedding-gut-punches-south-africa\/\">Stage 6 load shedding gut punches South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eskom has announced that load shedding will be pushed to stage 6 once again &#8211; 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