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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Power utility Eskom has announced that load shedding will be escalated to stages 2 and 3 in order to replenish emergency reserves ahead of the anticipated cold weather.<\/p>\n

Eskom said stage 2 load shedding will be implemented from 16:00 today until 16:00 on Monday. Thereafter, Stage 2 and 3 load shedding will be implemented until further notice.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter nine days of good generation performance and no load shedding, it is necessary to replenish emergency reserves ahead of the anticipated cold weather, which will increase the demand for electricity over the next few days,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

Stage 2 load shedding will be implemented from 16:00 today until 16:00 on Monday. Thereafter, Stage 3 loadshedding will be implemented from 16:00 until 05:00 on Tuesday, followed by Stage 2 loadshedding until 16:00. This pattern will be repeated daily until further notice.<\/p>\n

The schedule for the week ahead is below: Sunday, 29 October Stage 2: 16h00 to 00h00 Monday, 30 October Stage 2: 00h00 to 05h00 Stage 2: 05h00 to 16h00 Stage 3: 16h00 to 00h00 Tuesday, 31 October Stage 3: 00h00 to 05h00 Stage 2: 05h00 to 16h00 Stage 3: 16h00 to 00h00<\/p>\n

Eskom said that it would closely monitor the power system and communicate any changes to load shedding should it be required. Breakdowns are currently at 16 150MW of generating capacity, while the capacity out of service for planned maintenance is 5 950MW.<\/p>\n

Eskom also noted that, over the past 24 hours, a generation unit each at Duvha, Grootvlei, Kusile and Matimba power stations was taken offline for repairs. In the same period, a generation unit at Kriel Power Station was returned to service.<\/p>\n

Eskom teams are working tirelessly to ensure that additional generating units are returned to service as soon as possible, it said. Eskom\u2019s load forecast for the evening peak demand is 24 824MW, and Monday\u2019s peak demand is anticipated to be 27 557MW. We appeal to the members of the public to continue reducing demand by switching off non-essential appliances.<\/p>\n

The utility added that it would like to thank those who do heed the call to use electricity sparingly and efficiently, including switching off geysers and pool pumps from 17:00 to 21:00, as this lowers demand and helps in alleviating the pressure on the power system and contributes to lower stages of load shedding.<\/p>\n

Schedules For people living in the major metros, load shedding schedules are available here: City of Johannesburg City of Ekurhuleni City of Tshwane City of Cape Town (PDF)<\/p>\n

Nelson Mandela Bay eThekwini Manguang Buffalo City For access to other load shedding schedules, Eskom has made them available on loadshedding.eskom.co.za. Smartphone users can also download the app EskomSePush to rece<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Africa<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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