{"id":750980,"date":"2024-02-12T14:13:07","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T12:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=750980"},"modified":"2024-02-12T14:14:44","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T12:14:44","slug":"load-shedding-easing-to-stage-3-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/750980\/load-shedding-easing-to-stage-3-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Load shedding easing to stage 3 this week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Power utility Eskom says that load shedding will be downgraded to stage 3 on Wednesday &#8211; with Stage 5 remaining in effect until then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stage 5 load shedding will continue on Monday (12 Febraury) until 05h00 on Tuesday, when outages will move to stage 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stage 3 will be in effect between 05h00 and 16h00, before moving back up to stage 4 in the evening until 05h00 on Wednesday, when stage 2 will kick in again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This pattern of stage 3 during the day and stage 4 at night will continue until further notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Monday, 12 February<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stage 5: until 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tuesday, 13 February<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stage 5: 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><strong>Wednesday, 14 February<\/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><strong>Thursday, 15 February<\/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 it has returned five generating units to service over the past 24 hours, allowing emergency reserves to be adequately replenished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Breakdowns have been reduced to 14,579MW of generating capacity, while the capacity out of service for planned maintenance remains relatively high at 7,316MW. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group said that its teams are working to restore 2,150MW of generating capacity by Wednesday.<\/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\/energy\/750748\/eskom-rejects-stage-6-sabotage-noise\/\">Eskom rejects \u2018stage 6 sabotage\u2019 noise<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the weekend&#8217;s sudden push to stage 6, load shedding will start easing from Tuesday 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