Joburg announces plan to overhaul load-shedding, including excluding some businesses from power cuts

[Jan]

Joburg announces load-shedding schedule overhaul — with businesses excluded from power cuts

The City of Johannesburg has announced a sea change in its approach to load-shedding that will start rolling out gradually from June 2023.

It has overhauled its load-shedding schedules and will exclude key customers, essential services, and some businesses from rotational power cuts.

 

[Corelli]

This sounds like a pipe dream. We dont feel like load shedding, so we wont shed our buddies. But the rest of the country can load shed, because we dont.

I doubt this plan will last long. However the other side is. They want to load shed you 2 hours on, 2 hours off, 2 hours on then 2 hours off, with no break inbetween for the electronics and appliances to normalise. Lets hope laundry takes no longer than 2 hours or youre screwed.

 

[RonSwanson]

This sounds like a pipe dream. We dont feel like load shedding, so we wont shed our buddies. But the rest of the country can load shed, because we dont.

I doubt this plan will last long. However the other side is. They want to load shed you 2 hours on, 2 hours off, 2 hours on then 2 hours off, with no break inbetween for the electronics and appliances to normalise. Lets hope laundry takes no longer than 2 hours or youre screwed.

True that, one cannot squeeze blood from a stone.

 

[wingnut771]

This sounds like a pipe dream. We dont feel like load shedding, so we wont shed our buddies. But the rest of the country can load shed, because we dont.

I doubt this plan will last long. However the other side is. They want to load shed you 2 hours on, 2 hours off, 2 hours on then 2 hours off, with no break inbetween for the electronics and appliances to normalise. Lets hope laundry takes no longer than 2 hours or youre screwed.

Or the collapse has been so drastic, that they can ease off now without consequences.

 

[quovadis]

The exclusion beyond emergency services sounds dodgy as heck.

 

[Cranjus McBasketball]

JHB is really spinning the wheel of terrible ideas lately. In typical South African style the solution is to create more problems

 

[3WA]

They want to load shed you 2 hours on, 2 hours off, 2 hours on then 2 hours off, with no break inbetween for the electronics and appliances to normalise. Lets hope laundry takes no longer than 2 hours or youre screwed.

The stupid part is that we have to wait up to thirty minutes for the power to come back after load-shedding so 2x2 hours is worse than 1x4 hours. 2x2 can end up equalling 5.

 

[DarkSt0rm]

The stupid part is that we have to wait up to thirty minutes for the power to come back after load-shedding so 2x2 hours is worse than 1x4 hours. 2x2 can end up equalling 5.

It's a pretty bold assumption that power will come back before the next slot anyway xD

 

[warwickw]

2 hour gap, WTF are they smoking they need to share and urgently.

 

[DarkSt0rm]

2 hour gap, WTF are they smoking they need to share and urgently.

Apparently 2 hours is plenty of space for all the fun an activities that would have been missed during those 4 hours!

This new plan is honestly ****ing stupid for a utility that is already battling a slowly collapsing grid. City Power are forever tweeting and releasing media statements about the completely overwhelming number of issues in each SDC (service delivery center) every day. They must magically think that the cables and mini substations that are already burning themselves out faster than City Power can replace them, will fix themselves with shorter but far more frequent bouts of loadshedding.
Must be a bad dream, because this is more stupid than anything that the ANC could come up with, and we know that's just not possible. Guess things will be fine when I wake up in a few hours...

 

[Totempole]

This sounds like a pipe dream. We dont feel like load shedding, so we wont shed our buddies. But the rest of the country can load shed, because we dont.

Not "buddies"... The correct terminology is "key customers".

 

[r00igev@@r]

Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic!

 

[naeem]

in the coming months.....

So lets not fix the damn system 'in the coming months' but we'll prepare for even more loadshedding 'in the coming months'

 

[Lupus]

Okay so who was arguing with me when I said most of JHB is still manually operated??
The substations in all other areas are still manually operated, and measures are underway

 

[The_MAC]

Okay so who was arguing with me when I said most of JHB is still manually operated??
The substations in all other areas are still manually operated, and measures are underway

As long as Leon, Thabang and Bongani get to the substation on time then we should be fine..

 

[DarkSt0rm]

Okay so who was arguing with me when I said most of JHB is still manually operated??
The substations in all other areas are still manually operated, and measures are underway

It makes 0 difference. I'm on one of the "automated" substations and I'm on the verge of being genocidal if I hear "oops system is down, sending techs out to restore sometime in the next 6 hours" one more ****ing time

 

[wingnut771]

What businesses? Also, what businesses are left?

 

[wingnut771]

It makes 0 difference. I'm on one of the "automated" substations and I'm on the verge of being genocidal if I hear "oops system is down, sending techs out to restore sometime in the next 6 hours" one more ****ing time

There's an easy fix for that. Just don't phone them.

 

[Intox]

This is such a terrible idea, 2 hours slots with 2 hour breaks in-between(+30 mins for restoration)
What are we supposed to do with <2 hours of power before the next slot...

The maximum duration the block can be switched off per day is 12 hours — or six times — in higher stages like stage 8.

and 6 times +30mins for restoration...
How the hell are the substations supposed to survive this?

 

[KleinBoontjie]

They most probably got some interest in them businesses that they want to keep operating. A percentage cut don't come from nothing.