Rolling blackouts Friday 15 May [Stage 1 from 5-10pm]

[BigEars]

Confirmed








So far from 5PM to 6.30PM




UPDATED:

 

[cavedog]

Lol yeah looks like they just put it there already because they know it will be loadshedding that time.

 

[Drifter]

Not according to Gridwatch.

 

[Creag]

Not according to Gridwatch.

You wouldn't say that if you had to back this up with money on the table

 

[Aquila ka Hecate]

Not according to Gridwatch.

I think Gridwatch just checks out the current load-schedding status by Eskom and when it changes to 'On' they source the schedules already posted online. So it wouldn't be saying anything yet.

 

[boxerulez]

Can we not embed Gridwatch here next to one of the many adverts so that we do not get a new thread for this every day?

 

[dualmeister]

Let us know when its starting already.

Need to justify getting take-aways for supper

 

[Zewp]

Regardless of which stage we get (and we will get loadshedding), I'm off at 6.

 

[Alton Turner Blackwood]

Let us know when its starting already.

Need to justify getting take-aways for supper

A burger and chips says at 16:00, deal?

 

[cavedog]

Guess we will see a weekend of loadshedding again since this whole week they were not able to meet demand in peak time so they were most likely running their OCGT and Free flow water schemes during these times. SO unless they had enough time between 00:00 and 4am this week to keep them stocked they will most likely use the weekend to refuel and pump back the water.

The system status update suggest they will just be able to make it if they run these schemes which I don't think they run on weekends......

 

[MickZA]

We just lost power so it's either stage 3 or a local outage.

 

[mister]

We just lost power so it's either stage 3 or a local outage.

local outage. There is no load shedding atm.

 

[vaakseun]

Stage 1 from 16:00 to 22:00 confirmed by CoCT

http://www.capetown.gov.za/en/electricity/Pages/LoadShedding.aspx

 

[cavedog]

Stage 1 from 16:00 to 22:00 confirmed by CoCT

http://www.capetown.gov.za/en/electricity/Pages/LoadShedding.aspx

poweralert also confirms that time now.

 

[Venomous]

hahaha

I just looked at the schedule

My home area is listed for stage 1,2 and 3 today.

And for all 3 the time was 0600 - 1030

 

[MickeyD]

Will only get blacked out in Stage 3 and 4 today...

 

[cfvh600]

Stage 1 from 17:00

 

[abjater]

Here we go again!
Friday, 15 May : There is no load shedding in progress ... Stage 1 is scheduled to begin at 17:00

 

[MickZA]

Well, after multiple false starts they seemed to have resolved our local outage after 2hrs - almost a load shed period

... we're OK on stage 1 but stage 2 will get us this evening

 

[TEXTILE GUY]

If you are living in SOWETO ... Eskom would like to apologise unconditionally for the loss of free power, and add an extra apology to those who have made the effort to pay. Your colonialist tendancies are noted.

For everyone else ..... please feel free to express your unhappiness at thesituation, but quite frankly, your ire should be directed at Jan van Riebeek.

Signed ESkom Liason Office

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