{"id":760941,"date":"2024-03-15T15:38:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T13:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=760941"},"modified":"2024-03-15T15:38:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T13:38:16","slug":"eskom-to-suspend-daytime-load-shedding-this-weekend-heres-the-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/760941\/eskom-to-suspend-daytime-load-shedding-this-weekend-heres-the-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Eskom to suspend daytime load shedding this weekend &#8211; here&#8217;s the schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Power utility Eskom says that load shedding will be eased over the weekend as it switches up the schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As previously communicated, Stage 3 load shedding will be implemented from 16h00 on Friday until 05h00  on Saturday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thereafter, load shedding will be suspended from 05h00 on Saturday until 16h00, followed by Stage 1 load shedding until 05h00 on Sunday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The load shedding pattern implemented on Saturday will be repeated on Sunday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Friday, 15 March<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stage 3: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Saturday, 16 March<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stage 3: 00h00 to 05h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Suspended: 05h00 to 16h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage 1: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sunday, 17 March<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stage 1: 00h00 to 05h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Suspended: 05h00 to 16h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage 1: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The group said that the eased schedule is a result of the anticipated lower weekend demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Eskom will provide an update for the week ahead on Sunday afternoon and will communicate should the need arise,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group noted that a total of 3,100MW of generating capacity is planned to be returned by Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The evening peak forecast for tonight is 25 848MW. Unplanned outages are at 14,144MW, and planned maintenance is at 7,674MW of generation\u00a0capacity.<\/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\/energy\/760707\/eskom-faces-a-medupi-and-kusile-sized-problem-before-it-can-end-load-shedding-in-south-africa\/\">Eskom faces a Medupi and Kusile-sized problem before it can end load shedding in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eskom says that  load shedding will be eased over the weekend as demand is expected to drop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":736289,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9874],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-760941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760941","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=760941"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":760965,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760941\/revisions\/760965"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/736289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=760941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=760941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=760941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}