Eskom announces stage 5 load-shedding — here is the timetable
Eskom has announced its load-shedding timetable until the end of Wednesday — and up to stage 5 power cuts are on the updated schedule.
From Sunday at 17:00 until 16:00 on Monday, Eskom will implement stage 4 load-shedding. After that, it will implement stage 5 load-shedding from 16:00 until midnight on each weekday.
Load-shedding levels will range from stage 2 to 4 for the other 16 hours of Tuesday and Wednesday.
“Changes in the stages of load-shedding will be more erratic due to the absence of the buffer that is normally provided by the diesel generation capacity between generating unit breakdowns,” said Eskom.
This is in reference to Eskom’s announcement on Friday that it does not have diesel to run its open-cycle gas turbine power plants — a critical part of its emergency power generation fleet.
“The increased implementation of load-shedding is mainly due to the high levels of breakdowns and these depleted emergency generation reserves,” said Eskom.
Eskom currently has 5,345MW unavailable due to planned maintenance, and a further 14,495MW is unavailable due to breakdowns.
| Load-shedding schedule for 20–23 November 2022 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Day | Start time | End time | Stage |
| 20 November 2022 | Sunday | 17:00 | 24:00 | 4 |
| 21 November 2022 | Monday | 00:00 | 16:00 | 4 |
| 16:00 | 24:00 | 5 | ||
| 22 November 2022 | Tuesday | 00:00 | 05:00 | 4 |
| 05:00 | 16:00 | 3 | ||
| 16:00 | 24:00 | 5 | ||
| 23 November 2022 | Wednesday | 00:00 | 05:00 | 4 |
| 05:00 | 16:00 | 2 | ||
| 16:00 | 24:00 | 5 | ||
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