{"id":472877,"date":"2022-12-06T14:04:28","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T12:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=472877"},"modified":"2022-12-07T06:33:33","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T04:33:33","slug":"eskom-changes-load-shedding-timetable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/energy\/472877-eskom-changes-load-shedding-timetable.html","title":{"rendered":"Eskom changes load-shedding timetable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Update:<\/strong> At 06:05 on Wednesday morning, Eskom issued a brief statement announcing it would <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/energy\/472951-eskom-hikes-load-shedding-stage.html\">increase power cuts to stage 4<\/a><\/strong> \u201cuntil further notice\u201d due to additional breakdowns.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Original article<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Eskom has announced that it will not switch to continuous stage 2 load-shedding from today as previously intended.<\/p>\n<p>Instead it will continue to implement stage 3 load-shedding during the evening peaks and early mornings, followed by stage 2 load-shedding during the day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStage 3 load-shedding will be implemented this afternoon at 16:00\u201305:00 tomorrow morning and on Wednesday afternoon at the same time,\u201d Eskom announced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStage 2 load-shedding will continue being implemented at 05:00 \u2013 16:00 daily until further notice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The schedule may be summarised as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>16:00 \u2013 05:00 \u2014 <strong>Stage 3<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>05:00 \u2013 16:00 \u2014 <strong>Stage 2<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Eskom said a generating unit each at Camden and Kendal power stations were taken offline for repairs over the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe delay in returning to service a generating unit each at Arnot, Kriel and Matla power stations has contributed to the capacity constraints,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA generating unit each at Arnot, Duvha, Grootvlei, Kendal, Kriel, Lethabo, and two units at Majuba power stations were returned to service during this period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eskom has 4,394MW on scheduled maintenance, while another 16,880MW of capacity is unavailable due to breakdowns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLoad-shedding is being implemented due to a high number of breakdowns and the requirement to preserve the remaining emergency generation reserves while creating space to replenish the dam levels at the pumped storage schemes,\u201d stated Eskom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs previously communicated, due to the depletion of the budget to acquire diesel for the open cycle gas turbines, Eskom has been forced to strictly conserve the remainder of the fuel reserves to protect against further unplanned outages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The chimney failure at Kusile, and scheduled refuelling and refurbishment of Koeberg unit 1 starting this week also contribute to the capacity shortage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[These] will further reduce available generation capacity and significantly increase the occurrence of load-shedding during the next 6 \u201312 months,\u201d Eskom said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEskom requests the public to exercise patience and tolerance during this difficult period.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/energy\/472781-unpleasant-shocks-lie-ahead-in-eskom-financials.html\">Unpleasant shocks lie ahead in Eskom financials<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The state-owned power utility has announced increased evening and early-morning 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