Cape Town – South African power utility, Eskom, announced on Sunday that stage 2 load shedding will be implemented daily from Monday to Wednesday, at 16:00 till midnight.
In the past few weeks, the country had been plagued with stage 3 and stage 4 load shedding, with Eskom warning of higher load shedding stages should its “diesel supply uncertainty persist”.
However, in a statement on Sunday, the power utility said it would try and limit load shedding to night-time where possible in order to minimise impact on the economy and population.
Stage 2 loadshedding will be implemented daily at 16:00 – 00:00 Monday to Wednesday pic.twitter.com/xRQek9Fld7
— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) October 9, 2022
“The load shedding would be used to replenish emergency generation reserves during the night to bolster generation capacity.
“Since Saturday, two generation units at Kriel and a unit each at Kendal, Komati, Lethabo, Majuba and Matla power stations have returned to service. A generating unit each at Kendal and Kusile power stations were taken off-line for repairs,” said Eskom.
Currently, there were 5 487MW on planned maintenance, while another 14 061MW of capacity was unavailable due to breakdowns.
Eskom urged South Africans to use electricity sparingly.
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Compiled by Olwethu Mpeshe
