South Africa’s load shedding is now permanent, the only change is the stage of the country’s load shedding at any given time.
Here’s what to expect this week
Expect Stages 3 and 4 between Monday and Wednesday
According to a statement issued by Eskom on Sunday, Phase 3 load shedding will be implemented from 5am on Monday and will continue until 4pm daily, while Phase 4 will be implemented nightly from 4pm to 5am on Monday and Tuesday. .
“On Wednesday, Stage 2 load shedding is carried out from 5 am to 4 pm, then stage 3 from 4 pm to 5 am. Further updates will be published as soon as significant changes occur.
The announcement comes after the weekend of phase 2 unloading.
Two units were taken offline for repairs
The electricity utility further explained that from Saturday two generation units at Arnot, one unit at Camden, Duvha and Kendal power stations were taken offline for repairs.
“The return to service of generating units each at Kendal and Lethabo power stations has been delayed while the units at Duvha and Lethabo power stations have returned to service.”
“Breakdowns now amount to 15 215MW of generating capacity while 5 199MW of generating capacity is out of service to plan maintenance.”
According to the power utility, load shedding is done to protect the national power grid by balancing supply and demand.
“If this is not done, the national grid will turn off everything and the whole country will be black for days to weeks.”
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