Update: Stage 3 from 21:00 until 05:00 on Fri, thereafter Stage 2 until 05:00 Mon

[joshuatree]

What is the cost per unit to run a commercial generator for a building I'm starting to think it might be cheaper to run a generator

Tyger Waterfront buildings, with the amount of units probably not doable.

My brother and his family stayed in a complex for the last 6 months which had a generator while renovating their house in Newlands. He was quite chuffed with the generator thing for that complex.

They moving back to the newly renovated house again now, without any backup lol.

 

[joshuatree]

What zone?

6 and 10 is off still over 1 and half hours now, again.

Eversdal. Whatever zone. Dink hier is ñ moerse probleem.

Still off here. Went outside, seems Brackenfell, etc. no problem.

 

[Thor]

Eversdal. Whatever zone. Dink hier is ñ moerse probleem.

Still off here. Went outside, seems Brackenfell, etc. no problem.

Sub station or something must have blown we are still out Tygervalley

 

[Tinuva]

Sub station or something must have blown we are still out Tygervalley

Came on at 3;41 in Durbanville central

 

[Lupus]

Evening Peak Feedback 09/03/2022, 18:40

Total demand: 30 858MW

Virtual Power Station: 148MW

Loadshedding: 4 257MW

OCGT's Utilised: 0

Renewable Generators: 503MW (Wind 306MW, CSP 197MW)

Available Generation Capacity: 28 728MW

It's actually an improvement and didn't warrant Stage 4

 

[Lupus]

Durbanville, Cape Town, was supposed to come back online at 0h30. Running 12 minutes + late now. Very unusual.

Is the grid finally in its moer?

Oh no only 12 minutes, we came back 3 and a half hours later then went off again at midnight. Going to go off again at 8am, batteries are taking a hammering with this every 6 hours

 

[ToxicBunny]

4 hours and counting of additional loadshedding outside of whatever random block the city decides my suburb is on so far today.

 

[Lupus]

4 hours and counting of additional loadshedding outside of whatever random block the city decides my suburb is on so far today.

Gotta love that right

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Evening Peak Feedback 09/03/2022, 18:40

Total demand: 30 858MW

Virtual Power Station: 148MW

Loadshedding: 4 257MW

OCGT's Utilised: 0

Renewable Generators: 503MW (Wind 306MW, CSP 197MW)

Available Generation Capacity: 28 728MW

In a way, this is actually positive - at least in terms of baseload capacity.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Gotta love that right

Yup... In the last 2 years I've been on 3 different blocks with wildly different load shedding impacts.

 

[Lupus]

Yup... In the last 2 years I've been on 3 different blocks with wildly different load shedding impacts.

Ouch lovely.

 

[OhYeah84]

Ours was due to go out last night at 10:00PM. Never did. Wondering if the guy flipping the switch fell asleep.

 

[Alton Turner Blackwood]

Ours was due to go out last night at 10:00PM. Never did. Wondering if the guy flipping the switch fell asleep.

Is loadshedding still active? My area (10 CoCT) was supposed to go off at 10, it never did.

It also was supposed to be off from 6am, power never went off

 

[OhYeah84]

Is loadshedding still active? My area (10 CoCT) was supposed to go off at 10, it never did.

It also was supposed to be off from 6am, power never went off

Yeah it is. We went off at 8AM this morning on schedule On again at 10:30PM, and 30 minutes earlier as usual.

 

[AchmatK]

Is loadshedding still active? My area (10 CoCT) was supposed to go off at 10, it never did.

It also was supposed to be off from 6am, power never went off

I have not had any load shedding yet in Somerset West.

 

[Alton Turner Blackwood]

Yeah it is. We went off at 8AM this morning on schedule On again at 10:30PM, and 30 minutes earlier as usual.

How is one supposed to plan around this incompetence. I rushed home last night to be home before 10pm so I can just into bed before the power goes out. Only to notice by 11 power was still on.

This morning we were supposed to be off from 6am so the guy I live with got up at 5am to get ready for work, instead of his usual time of 6am. Power never went off.

Not sure if its perhaps CoCT pulling some rabbits out of the hat and we're actually on a lower stage than 3

 

[Tinuva]

How is one supposed to plan around this incompetence. I rushed home last night to be home before 10pm so I can just into bed before the power goes out. Only to notice by 11 power was still on.

This morning we were supposed to be off from 6am so the guy I live with got up at 5am to get ready for work, instead of his usual time of 6am. Power never went off.

Not sure if its perhaps CoCT pulling some rabbits out of the hat and we're actually on a lower stage than 3

For today coct announced:
6am-10am = stage 1
10am-10pm = stage 3
10pm onwards = stage 4

So yes you can plan, but you have to adjust to coct changing their levels all the time. So its nice they can reduce the stage but like you say, annoying to figure out when it is what stage.

The eskomsepush app does make this easier though.

 

[dualmeister]

The eskomsepush app does make this easier though.

Lately it does not show a "currently loadshedding" notice while loadshedding

For today coct announced:
6am-10am = stage 1
10am-10pm = stage 3
10pm onwards = stage 4

This **** is getting so confusing. Kind of wish the CoCT would just stick with the National one.

 

[zoozi]

For today coct announced:
6am-10am = stage 1
10am-10pm = stage 3
10pm onwards = stage 4

Where did you see this? Their twitter says stage 3 6:00-22:00, was off at 8am here.

 

[Tinuva]

Where did you see this? Their twitter says stage 3 6:00-22:00, was off at 8am here.

Oh that was yesterday

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1501440498120237057