{"id":746305,"date":"2024-01-29T15:14:57","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T13:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=746305"},"modified":"2024-01-29T15:14:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T13:14:57","slug":"load-shedding-pushed-higher-thanks-to-eskom-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/746305\/load-shedding-pushed-higher-thanks-to-eskom-maintenance\/","title":{"rendered":"Load shedding pushed higher thanks to Eskom &#8216;maintenance&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Power utility Eskom says that it has taken five generation units offline for repairs, while two more units will take longer to return because of an &#8220;opportunity&#8221; to do even more maintenance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, load shedding will be pushed up to stage 3 on Monday, returning to stage 2 on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The return to service of two generating units that were on planned maintenance was delayed due to an opportunity to perform preventative maintenance,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stage 3 will kick in from 16h00 to 05h00 in Tuesday, followed by Stage 2 until 16h00, then back to stage 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pattern of moving between stage 2 and stage 3 load shedding will continue this week until further notice, Eskom said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Monday, 29 January<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stage 2: until 16h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage 3: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tuesday, 30 January<\/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 2: 05h00 to 16h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage 3: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wednesday, 31 January<\/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 2: 05h00 to 16h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage 3: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thursday, 1 February<\/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 2: 05h00 to 16h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage 3: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Eskom will closely monitor the power system and communicate any changes to loadshedding should it be required.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the extended maintenance, Eskom noted outages have also increased to over, 16,400MW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The capacity out of service for planned maintenance is at 7,521MW. The group said it was working to restore 1,600MW of capacity by Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Maintenance <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to independent energy analyst, Pieter Jordaan, Eskom&#8217;s current maintenance regime is undoing any positive movements in generating capacity, with planned maintenance reaching higher than any year before, while also keeping units offline for longer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While planned maintenance is presented as a big positive, Jordaan said that the truth is that Eskom is struggling to bring units back to power after being taken offline for repairs &#8211; which is causing shortfalls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Citing Eskom\u2019s load shedding announcements, Jordaan said that \u201cit would appear that the reason for the unusually high PCLF in 2024 is due to an\u00a0<strong>inability to return units as planned<\/strong>\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTechnically,\u00a0<strong>these unreturned PCLFs should be accounted for as UCLF<\/strong>. If accounted for as such, UCLF would likely reflect as 34.1% (higher than the same time in 2023) and the \u2018pure\u2019 PCLF as 13.6% \u2013 in-line with past trends,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier in the year, several experts noted that load shedding had returned far earlier than expected due to Eskom&#8217;s maintenance schedule needlessly undercutting power availability.<\/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=\"YOqJX8q1Ox\"><a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business-opinion\/745335\/the-big-eskom-turnaround-lie\/\">The big Eskom turnaround lie<\/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;The big Eskom turnaround lie&#8221; &#8212; BusinessTech\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business-opinion\/745335\/the-big-eskom-turnaround-lie\/embed\/#?secret=RLemVfXxgO#?secret=YOqJX8q1Ox\" data-secret=\"YOqJX8q1Ox\" 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\/business-opinion\/745335\/the-big-eskom-turnaround-lie\/\">The big Eskom turnaround lie<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eskom says South Africa will be in the dark for longer as it struggles to bring units back after repairs &#8211; 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