load-shedding

  1. Jan

    Eskom weekend power cut plan for 28-30 July 2023 (Stage 2/3 day, Stage 4 night)

    Eskom releases weekend load-shedding timetable Eskom has issued its planned load-shedding schedule for the weekend of 28–30 July. The state-owned power utility plans to reduce the severity of rotational power cuts during the day, while stage 4 load-shedding will continue at night.
  3. Jan

    Eskom hands back control of Ekurhuleni's load-shedding operations

    Eskom hands back control of major city’s load-shedding — with a warning Eskom has handed over load-shedding operations back to the City of Ekurhuleni after seizing control of the metro’s power cuts earlier this week. South Africa’s state-owned power utility said Ekurhuleni committed to...
  4. Jan

    Eskom announces alternating stage 1 / stage 3 power cuts, with a weekend warning (17 July 2023)

    Eskom announces reduced load-shedding — with a warning Eskom has announced that it plans to reduce its load-shedding schedule from after 05:00 on Tuesday. “Stage 4 load-shedding will be implemented from 16:00 today until 05:00 on Tuesday, as previously communicated,” it stated.
  5. Jan

    Eskom optimistic as weather warms

    Eskom dodges stage 8, believes load-shedding will improve after cold snap Eskom is confident that the high levels of load-shedding experienced last week won't last, with the power utility anticipating that the energy demand will soon decline, Sunday Times reports. South Africa was plunged into...
  6. Jan

    Guess who's back? Back again? Stage 6's back, tell a friend

    Stage 6 load-shedding is back until further notice — here is the timetable Eskom has announced the return of stage 6 load-shedding due to the loss of generating units overnight. It has also not been able to replenish its emergency reserves.
  7. Jan

    Eskom announces alternating stage 3 / stage 4 scheduled power cuts

    Eskom increases load-shedding amid freezing temperatures — here is the new timetable Eskom has announced stage 3 daytime load-shedding from Wednesday due to reduced generation capacity and sustained electricity demand. It will still implement stage 4 load-shedding in the afternoons and over...
  8. Jan

    Looking a load-limiting gift horse in the mouth

    Load-limiting confusion Eskom kicked off its load-limiting pilot project in Fourways on Friday, 23 June 2023, and since then, I haven't been load-shed once. However, according to the power utility, only standalone houses and those in larger estates where each property has its own designated...
  9. Jan

    Stage 4 power cuts from 13:00, 10 July to 05:00 11 July 2023

    Eskom announces stage 4 load-shedding — pleads with South Africa to switch off Eskom will increase load-shedding to stage 4 between 13:00 on Monday and 05:00 on Tuesday. This is due to high demand and a slight reduction in generation capacity.
  10. Hanno Labuschagne

    Ramokgopa says load-shedding could end sooner than expected — but no one knows what the expected date was

    Ramokgopa says load-shedding could end sooner than expected — but no one knows what the expected date was South Africa's power crisis could come to an end sooner than anticipated, with the intensity of rolling blackouts being reduced, according to the minister of electricity. "I said when I...
  11. Jan

    Ramokgopa assures load-shedding improvements are not artificial, here to stay

    Lower Eskom load-shedding here to stay, assures electricity minister The lower stages of load-shedding in South Africa are due to improved generation capacity and are not artificial, reports the Sunday Times. Speaking to reporters at the recent ANC NEC meeting, electricity minister Kgosientsho...
  12. Jan

    Eskom's EAF is better, but still worse than last year

    Counting Eskom chickens Energy expert Anton Eberhard has cautioned against counting Eskom’s chickens before they’ve hatched. This comes after electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa talked up Eskom’s improving energy availability factor (EAF).
  13. Jan

    Stage 3 power cuts from 16:00 to midnight until further notice (30 June 2023)

    Eskom reduces load-shedding until further notice Eskom has announced that it will suspend load-shedding from midnight to 16:00 every day, starting Saturday. It will continue implementing stage 3 rotational power cuts from 16:00 to midnight every evening.
  14. Jan

    28 June 2023 power cuts - Stage 2 between 07:00 and 16:00, Stage 3 from 16:00 to 00:00

    Eskom increases load-shedding after repair delays Eskom has announced that it implemented stage 2 load-shedding at 07:00 on Wednesday morning due to delays in returning some generating units to service. Stage 2 will continue until 16:00, after which stage 3 power cuts will be implemented until...
  15. Jan

    Home Affairs minister says load-shedding cost them 6,268 working hours last quarter across all branches

    The System Is Down — Load-shedding costs Home Affairs over 6,000 working hours in three months The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) missed out on 6,268 hours of trading in Q4 of the 2022/23 financial year due to Eskom's rotational power cuts, Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has revealed. Responding...
  16. Jan

    Fidelity responds to R500 million Eskom security contract allegations

    Fidelity weighs in on R500 million Eskom security contract allegations Fidelity Services Group CEO Wahl Bartmann has confirmed that the company was awarded a three-month emergency contract with Eskom to provide comprehensive security services for the beleaguered power utility. Bartmann was...
  17. Jan

    Stage 16 means "32 hours [offline] in a 32-hour period"

    What Stage 16 load-shedding would look like Stage 16 load-shedding essentially means 24 hours per day without power for households, although South Africa is still a long way from implementing such high levels of power cuts. University of Johannesburg physics professor Hartmut Winkler told...
  18. Hanno Labuschagne

    South Africa could get 1,000MW of extra power from Mozambique — electricity minister

    South Africa could get 1,000MW of extra power from Mozambique — electricity minister Mozambique will supply electricity-starved South Africa with 100MW of power immediately and an additional 600MW in six months’ time, electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said. A further 1,000 megawatts...
  19. Jan

    Former Eskom manager explains why load-shedding has improved

    Why Eskom's winter load-shedding is better than expected An increase in self-generating rooftop solar power and cooler power station operating temperatures are among several factors contributing to the recent drop in load-shedding severity. That is according to former Eskom transmission senior...
  20. Hanno Labuschagne

    Big questions raised over areas without load-shedding

    Big questions raised over areas without load-shedding Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse CEO Wayne Duvenage and energy expert Chris Yelland have expressed concerns over how certain areas in South Africa are possibly being exempted from load-shedding without the appropriate regulatory approval...
  21. Hanno Labuschagne

    South Africa's dedicated transmission company could start operating in December

    South Africa's dedicated transmission company could start operating in December South Africa could get its first dedicated power transmission company separated from Eskom by the end of the year, Business Times reports. The publication said the Department of Public Enterprises estimates that...
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