Staff Reporter.
State owned power utility Eskom says that load shedding will again be escalated to stage 4 after suffering delays in returning units back to service.
Thereafter, Stage 2 load shedding will be implemented until 20:00, followed by Stage 4 load shedding until 05:00 on Friday. This alternating pattern of Stage 2 load shedding and Stage 4 load shedding will be implemented until further notice because of the delay to return to service three generating units and the need to replenish emergency reserves, the power utility said.
“Eskom will closely monitor the power system and provide an update for the weekend on Friday afternoon,”it said.
Unplanned outages account for 16,193MW of generating capacity, while the capacity out of service for planned maintenance has reduced to 6,171MW.
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.
For access to other load shedding schedules, Eskom has made them available on loadshedding.eskom.co.za.
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.