Stage 6 load shedding extended after Eskom suffers 11 breakdowns

[Lupus]

They can provide as much as they want. But, if they are off for 1 hour, that is 1 hour of billed usage gone. They would need to double fees, at least, just to generate the same income they did the time period before. Price increases of 30% actually means nothing to them and they will run into even deeper debt.

May the loadshedding live long!

Nope cause when you come back on you use 2 hours worth instead of one.

 

[wingnut771]

Nope cause when you come back on you use 2 hours worth instead of one.

Eskom are shedding how many GWh? How do they get that money back?

 

[Lupus]

Eskom are shedding how many GWh? How do they get that money back?

Well has your bill gone down?

 

[Dan C]

Eskom are shedding how many GWh? How do they get that money back?

Well, I think my usage has gone up. I recently installed a meter in my DB which tells me what total wattage is being used in the entire house. After the power comes back on it doubles or even more for the first hour or so.
Guess it's got do with recharging everything (probably UPS, fridge etc. catching up).

 

[rvZA]

Well has your bill gone down?

Ours have. The past 2-4 months it has been between R4200 and R4800, where it normally was between R5,300 and R6,000 on average per month.

 

[rvZA]

Eskom are shedding how many GWh? How do they get that money back?

They do not get it back. Once the geysers have warmed up and deep fridges cooled down again, electricity usage normalizes. This will not take more than 1-2 hours. It does not make up for the 8-15 hours we are down with no electricity. Eskom keep losing and keep asking for crazy increases every year. This is the reason why. The less electricity the produce and sell, the less money they make and cannot run the organization or repay their debt.

 

[wingnut771]

Well has your bill gone down?

What happens when a big factory's generator is supplying the Wh's instead of Eskom?

My aircon and pool pump doesn't run during loadshedding, thank goodness it's durban and only 2 hours.

 

[wingnut771]

Well, I think my usage has gone up. I recently installed a meter in my DB which tells me what total wattage is being used in the entire house. After the power comes back on it doubles or even more for the first hour or so.
Guess it's got do with recharging everything (probably UPS, fridge etc. catching up).

You probably don't have a pool and aircons?

 

[Dan C]

You probably don't have a pool and aircons?

I actually do. But a small pool that runs for 2 hours a day and aircon only for really hot days.

 

[wingnut771]

I actually do. But a small pool that runs for 2 hours a day and aircon only for really hot days.

Over here in Durban, aircon runs continuous during summer and pool runs 8 hours in summer aswell. We save during the other 3 seasons.

 

[Flanders]

"Eskom requests the public to reduce the usage of electricity"

Fscking LOL

 

[kota]

It's looking like a record breaking 2023, 365 days of LS in a year, here we come!

 

[Magnum]

It's looking like a record breaking 2023, 365 days of LS in a year, here we come!

Do you think we can hit 370 days of LS this year still?

 

[TEXTILE GUY]

If I may ask,

What is stage 6 in reality to homes?
Does the power go off longer or more often, and for how long?

Does it affect industry as well?

 

[Lupus]

If I may ask,

What is stage 6 in reality to homes?
Does the power go off longer or more often, and for how long?

Does it affect industry as well?

4 hour sessions instead of 2

 

[rvZA]

If I may ask,

What is stage 6 in reality to homes?
Does the power go off longer or more often, and for how long?

Does it affect industry as well?

Here is how a typical stage 6 schedule look for us:

04:00 - 06:30 down
06:00 - 08:30 down
12:00 - 14:30 down
16:00 - 18:30 down
18:00 - 20:30 down

After 3-5 days each slot goes 2 hours earlier.

You do not get breakfast during these slots. You do not get to make dinner during these slots. After a week or two water supply gets limited or stopped in total and some neighbourhoods goes without water for days or weeks.

Some businesses do not even open on these days in big malls. I have seen almost all manufacturing businesses in our town close down. I know one leather company who is now relocating manufacturing to the US.

I think this is affecting the people and economy more than what is reported and more than anyone could think.

To give you an idea why no business can survive, here is our schedule for tomorrow:



And every single day looks like this.

Over and above this, this is the reason why Eskom cannot pay salaries, maintain the utility or repay debt. All these hours means lost income to them. Also the reason they ask for such steep increases every year. My electricity bill has dropped by almost R1800.

Even on stage 2 or 3, they are losing out on income of 5-8 hours of no electricity provided per day.

Unfortunately, with Loadshedding, whether it is stage 2, 3 or whatever, they may try and save the utility, but unfortunately this will eventually lead to the total collapse of the economy. They will need to sacrifice one or the other, but they will not get to keep both.

 

[Lupus]

Here is how a typical stage 6 schedule look for us:

04:00 - 06:30 down
06:00 - 08:30 down
12:00 - 14:30 down
16:00 - 18:30 down
18:00 - 20:30 down

After 3-5 days each slot goes 2 hours earlier.

You do not get breakfast during these slots. You do not get to make dinner during these slots. After a week or two water supply gets limited or stopped in total and some neighbourhoods goes without water for days or weeks.

Some businesses do not even open on these days in big malls. I have seen almost all manufacturing businesses in our town close down. I know one leather company who is now relocating manufacturing to the US.

I think this is affecting the people and economy more than what is reported and more than anyone could think.

To give you an idea why no business can survive, here is our schedule for tomorrow:

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And every single day looks like this.

Over and above this, this is the reason why Eskom cannot pay salaries, maintain the utility or repay debt. All these hours means lost income to them. Also the reason they ask for such steep increases every year. My electricity bill has dropped by almost R1800.

Even on stage 2 or 3, they are losing out on income of 5-8 hours of no electricity provided per day.

Unfortunately, with Loadshedding, whether it is stage 2, 3 or whatever, they may try and save the utility, but unfortunately this will eventually lead to the total collapse of the economy. They will need to sacrifice one or the other, but they will not get to keep both.

Check what you typed and the schedule you pasted

 

[Corelli]

Why are we not in the streets flogging these bilksems? Patience and tolerance? Pitchforks and torches!

I have gotten my garlic garland ready and my old wooden pitchfork. Lets go get them

Perhaps we can get the Church involved. They were soo good at this. And anyone with a wise idea must be a witch or a wizald. Lets burn them
hahahha

 

[Corelli]

Ironically the City of Cape Town prides themself of how they are helping their citizens.

I stay in an Eskom area in CT.

I was told its too expensive to move Eskom areas to the city of cape town.

What a bunch of useless people

Lets switch to cash only. Imagine how the taxman cant trace cash transactions

 

[rvZA]

Check what you typed and the schedule you pasted

The first part was only an example. You actually get 3 double sessions and 1 single session a day. And, that 02:00 slot above on tomorrow's schedule is preceded by a 00:00-02:30 slot tonight.