{"id":29017,"date":"2022-04-12T21:05:38","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T21:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/load-shedding-now-confirmed-for-wednesday-thursday"},"modified":"2022-04-12T21:10:58","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T21:10:58","slug":"load-shedding-now-confirmed-for-wednesday-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/load-shedding-now-confirmed-for-wednesday-thursday","title":{"rendered":"Load shedding now confirmed for Wednesday, Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Stage 2 load shedding is now planned for Wednesday and Thursday nights from 17:00 until 05:00 the next morning, Eskom said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>This is due to a shortage of generation capacity and continued delays in returning to service four generating units at Camden power station and two generating units at Tutuka.<\/p>\n<p>Load shedding will only be implemented overnight on both days, the power utility said. But this could be scaled up, it warned.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Any further deterioration in generation capacity may require further load shedding,&#8221; Eskom said. Some 4 804 MW in power generation capacity is currently on planned maintenance, while another 15 300 MW of capacity is unavailable due to unplanned breakdowns.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday morning, a unit tripped at Lethabo power station, which was returned to service on Tuesday evening. &#8220;This unit, however, will take some time to reach full production,&#8221; Eskom said.<\/p>\n<p>After a month-long break, load shedding started again on Monday, with Stage 2 load shedding resuming from 17:00 on Tuesday until 05:00 on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\">South-Africa<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. Stage 2 load shedding is now planned for Wednesday and Thursday nights from 17:00 until 05:00 the next morning, Eskom said in a statement. 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