Eskom announces weekend load-shedding — here is the timetable
Eskom has announced that it will continue to implement a schedule of all-day load-shedding throughout the weekend, alternating between stage 1 and stage 2 power cuts.
“Stage 1 load-shedding will continue to be implemented daily at 05:00–16:00 until Sunday. Stage 2 load-shedding will also continue to be implemented on a daily basis at 16:00–05:00 until Monday,” Eskom said.
“The continuous implementation of load-shedding is mainly due to the need to preserve emergency generation reserves owing to a high level of breakdowns and the delay in returning some generating units to service.”
Eskom said that since Thursday morning, it took a generating unit each at Camden, Duvha, Kusile, and Majuba power stations offline for repairs.
“The delay in the return to service of a generating unit each at Majuba and Tutuka power stations have contributed to the generation capacity shortages,” the power utility stated.
A generating unit at Hendrina power station was returned to service.
“We currently have 4,846MW on planned maintenance, while another 14,509MW of capacity is unavailable due to breakdowns.”
| Load-shedding schedule for 4–7 November 2022 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Day | Start time | End time | Stage |
| 4 November 2022 | Friday | 00:00 | 05:00 | 2 |
| 05:00 | 16:00 | 1 | ||
| 16:00 | 24:00 | 2 | ||
| 5 November 2022 | Saturday | 00:00 | 05:00 | 2 |
| 05:00 | 16:00 | 1 | ||
| 16:00 | 24:00 | 2 | ||
| 6 November 2022 | Sunday | 00:00 | 05:00 | 2 |
| 05:00 | 16:00 | 1 | ||
| 16:00 | 24:00 | 2 | ||
| 7 November 2022 | Monday | 00:00 | 05:00 | 2 |
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