{"id":744217,"date":"2024-01-20T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-20T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=744217"},"modified":"2024-01-21T06:39:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T04:39:26","slug":"load-shedding-suspended-until-further-notice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/744217\/load-shedding-suspended-until-further-notice\/","title":{"rendered":"Load shedding suspended until further notice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Update (21 Jan 06h30)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Power utility Eskom says the improvements in generation and lower than expected demand has allowed it to suspend load shedding until further notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Load shedding was suspended late on Saturday night, scheduled to return to stage 1 early on Sunday &#8211; but now outages have been suspended indefinitely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eskom said it would continue monitoring the system and make changes where necessary,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The utility said it would provide and update and schedule for the week ahead later on Sunday,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Original (20 Jan, 13h00)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Power utility Eskom says that it managed to suspend load shedding briefly on Friday, and improvement in generating capacity has allowed it to ease weekend outages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Load shedding will be downgraded to stage 1 with immediate effect until 16h00 on Sunday, the group said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The load shedding schedule for the week ahead will be communicated on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Saturday, 20 January<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stage 1: until 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sunday, 21 January<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stage 1: 00h00 to 16h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage TBD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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\/743497\/an-eskom-nightmare-come-true\/\">An Eskom nightmare come true<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More load shedding changes for the 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