{"id":741225,"date":"2024-01-09T14:09:03","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T12:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=741225"},"modified":"2024-01-09T14:17:15","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T12:17:15","slug":"load-shedding-makes-a-comeback-here-is-the-new-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/741225\/load-shedding-makes-a-comeback-here-is-the-new-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Load shedding makes a comeback &#8211; here is the new schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Power utility Eskom has announced that stage 2 load shedding will return on Tuesday (9 January) due to breakdowns and delays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group said that the loss of three generating units and the delay in returning two units back to service has led to &#8220;setbacks&#8221;, necessitating the outages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stage 2 load shedding will kick in from 16h00 on Tuesday and will continue overnight. Stage 1 load shedding will be implemented from 05h00 until 16h00 on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pattern of stage 2 load shedding in the evening and stage 1 during the day will continue until further notice, the group said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tuesday, 9 January<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Suspended: until 16h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage 2: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wednesday, 10 January<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stage 2: 00h00 to 05h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage 1: 05h00 to 16h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage 2: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thursday, 11 January<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stage 2: 00h00 to 05h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage 1: 05h00 to 16h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage 2: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Friday, 12 January<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stage 2: 00h00 to 05h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage 1: 05h00 to 16h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage 2: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Unplanned breakdowns have increased in the new year and are currently at 14,953MW of generating capacity, while the capacity out of service for planned maintenance is 7,638MW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The utility said that its teams are working to return 2,700MW of power to the grid before the end of the weak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Demand is also returning to normal patterns, with Eskom anticipating evening peak demand of 25,000MW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said in Tuesday that the load shedding outlook for 2024 remains murky, with no guarantees that outages will stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that even though Eskom has been making small gains and measurable progress in maintaining its fleet, the majority of generating units remain unpredictable and unreliable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Projections for the year show that load shedding is likely to remain a prominent feature in 2024 &#8211; but with the silver lining that the outcome for the year should be significantly better than the levels of outages seen in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-businesstech wp-block-embed-businesstech\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"rH9R5b7Ggj\"><a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/741087\/good-news-and-bad-news-for-load-shedding-in-2024\/\">Good news and bad news for load shedding in 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Good news and bad news for load shedding in 2024&#8221; &#8212; BusinessTech\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/741087\/good-news-and-bad-news-for-load-shedding-in-2024\/embed\/#?secret=i51Z4JX4G2#?secret=rH9R5b7Ggj\" data-secret=\"rH9R5b7Ggj\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\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\/741127\/ramokgopa-bites-back-at-energy-plan-critics\/\">Ramokgopa\u00a0bites back at energy plan critics<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Load shedding will return this week after Eskom suffered breakdowns and delays in returning units to service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":736289,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9874],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-741225","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\/741225","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=741225"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":741245,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741225\/revisions\/741245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/736289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=741225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=741225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=741225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}