load reduction

  1. Luis

    Load reduction ends in these two provinces in South Africa

    Load reduction ends in these two provinces in South Africa Eskom has reached a milestone, freeing over half a million of its customers across the country from load reduction. The state power utility has embarked on a phased programme to completely eradicate load reduction, and it announced the...
  2. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom's plan to end load reduction

    Eskom's plan to end load reduction The South African government and Eskom won't declare the end of load-shedding until it has eradicated load reduction in the country, and the power utility has announced an intensified effort to end load reduction. In a statement published on Friday, 24...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    Joburg getting load reduction, load limiting, and geyser switch-offs despite no load-shedding

    Joburg getting load reduction, load limiting, and geyser switch-offs despite no load-shedding Johannesburg's City Power will start implementing load reduction in areas with "concerning" electricity usage levels that could overload equipment. The power utility has also threatened to switch off...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    City of Tshwane announces load reduction on top of load-shedding following pylons collapsing

    City of Tshwane announces load reduction on top of load-shedding following pylons collapsing The City of Tshwane (CoT) will start implementing load rotation/reduction to provide areas that have been left without electricity for multiple days with some intermittent power. The collapse of seven...
  5. Jan

    KZN municipality cuts off power to Eskom office for not paying its electricity bill

    Eskom office's power cut for failing to pay R500,000 electricity bill The City of uMhlathuze municipality in KwaZulu-Natal cut off electricity to Eskom's Empangeni office last Thursday over an outstanding bill of more than R500,000. The municipality governs Richards Bay and several surrounding...
  6. Jan

    Tshwane considering load reduction to cut off neighbourhoods that don't pay electricity bills

    Pretoria rips into Eskom for "triple punishment" — including threats to cut off capital's power The City of Tshwane has fired back at Eskom after the state-owned power utility threatened to cut off the South African capital's power supply over non-payment. In an interview with Talk 702...
  7. Jan

    CSIR releases Eskom load-shedding stats for 2021

    Eskom's load-shedding disaster — From bad to worse 2021 was South Africa's worst year of load-shedding by far — with the rotational power cuts being implemented around 13% of the time. That was revealed in the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research's (CSIR) annual statistics on power...
  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom implemented 22-hour power cuts in Parys

    Eskom implemented 22-hour power cuts in Parys Eskom has lost an appeal in the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) against a ruling in favour of two community associations that it must immediately restore full maximum electricity supply to residents. The Vaal River Development Association...
  9. Jan

    Eskom denies lying about load-shedding

    Eskom accused of lying about load-shedding Eskom has denied using load reduction to hide the amount of load-shedding it is implementing in South Africa. Following similar allegations in October 2020 and June 2021, energy analyst Ted Blom has again claimed the power utility is being devious in...
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