{"id":742241,"date":"2024-01-12T15:17:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T13:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=742241"},"modified":"2024-01-12T15:17:02","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T13:17:02","slug":"stage-4-load-shedding-hits-after-more-breakdowns-and-delays-heres-the-new-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/742241\/stage-4-load-shedding-hits-after-more-breakdowns-and-delays-heres-the-new-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Stage 4 load shedding hits after more breakdowns and delays &#8211; here&#8217;s the new schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Eskom has hiked load shedding for the coming weekend due to breakdowns <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eskom said that due to setbacks resulting in the shutdown of six generating units and the delay in returning three generating units to service, Stage 3 load shedding will be implemented at 16:00 today, 12 January. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stage 3 will continue until 16:00 on Saturday, 13 January, when stage 4 will be implemented. Stage 3 will then return at 05:00 on Sunday, 14 January. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This rotation from stages 3 and 4 will continue until Sunday, with Eskom giving any updates should they be required. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The schedule for the weekend can be found below: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Friday 12 January<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\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>Saturday, 13 January <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stage 3: 00h00 to 16h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage 4: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sunday<\/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>Eskom said that unplanned outages are currently at 15,561MW of generating capacity, while the capacity out of service for planned maintenance is 7,828MW. Eskom&#8217;s load forecast for evening peak demand for Friday is 25,169MW. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eskom said that its teams are working to ensure that 1,960MW of generating capacity is returned to service by Monday, 15 January evening.<\/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\/740499\/south-africas-big-new-plan-to-end-load-shedding-for-good\/\">South Africa\u2019s big new plan to end load shedding for good<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eskom will implement stage 4 load shedding this weekend amid further breakdowns. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":704925,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9874],"tags":[13277],"class_list":["post-742241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy","tag-heqadline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742241","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\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=742241"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":742249,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742241\/revisions\/742249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/704925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=742241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=742241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=742241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}