{"id":758049,"date":"2024-03-06T15:21:01","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T13:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=758049"},"modified":"2024-03-06T15:25:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T13:25:42","slug":"eskom-pushes-load-shedding-back-to-stage-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/758049\/eskom-pushes-load-shedding-back-to-stage-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Eskom pushes load shedding back to stage 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Power utility Eskom says that load shedding will again be escalated to stage 4 after suffering delays in returning units back to service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stage 2 load shedding will be implemented at 16h00 on Wednesday, as previously communicated, followed by stage 4 at 20h00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stage 4 load shedding will continue until 05h00 on Thursday, after which outages will move back to stage 2 until 20h00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This pattern will repeat on Friday as per the schedule below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wednesday, 6 March<\/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 20h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage 4: 20h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thursday, 7 March<\/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 2: 05h00 to 20h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage 4: 20h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Friday, 8 March<\/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 2: 05h00 to 20h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage 4: 20h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Load-shedding-schedule-6-March-2024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"671\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Load-shedding-schedule-6-March-2024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-758053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Load-shedding-schedule-6-March-2024.jpg 671w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Load-shedding-schedule-6-March-2024-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 671px) 100vw, 671px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Eskom said that this pattern will continue until further notice, with the delayed return to service of three generating units and the need to replenish emergency reserves being the reason stage 4 outages are needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Eskom will closely monitor the power system and provide an update for the weekend on Friday afternoon,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unplanned outages account for 16,193MW of generating capacity, while the capacity out of service for planned maintenance has reduced to 6,171MW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group said that it is working to bring the units back to service, with a total of 2,100MW expected to be back online by Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Schedules<\/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\/757407\/south-africas-biggest-retailer-eats-r500-million-load-shedding-bill-as-sales-and-profits-soar\/\">South Africa\u2019s biggest retailer eats R500 million load shedding bill as sales and profits soar<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Power utility Eskom says that South Africa will move back to stage 4 load shedding as it suffers delays returning units back to service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":647437,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9874,1],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-758049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy","category-trending","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758049","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=758049"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":758069,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758049\/revisions\/758069"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=758049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=758049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=758049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}