{"id":59560,"date":"2024-01-15T16:51:01","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T16:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/load-shedding-dropped-to-stage-2-until-wednesday-afternoon"},"modified":"2024-01-15T17:20:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T17:20:07","slug":"load-shedding-dropped-to-stage-2-until-wednesday-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/load-shedding-dropped-to-stage-2-until-wednesday-afternoon","title":{"rendered":"Load-shedding dropped to stage 2 until Wednesday afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Load-shedding has been downgraded to stage 2 until Wednesday afternoon, thanks to an improvement in generation capacity.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"divVideoStepAdTop\"><\/a>\u201cEskom power station general managers and their teams&#8217; efforts in returning units to service over the past weekend resulted in the improvement in generation capacity,\u201d Eskom said on Monday.\u201cThis, combined with the slightly lower than expected electricity demand, allowed load-shedding to be suspended at 9.35pm on Sunday until 5am on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sustained improvement in generation capacity and the expected lower demand also necessitated the implementation of stage 2 load-shedding at 12pm on Monday until 4pm on Wednesday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Unplanned outages are at 13,449MW while planned maintenance is at 8,383MW, the utility said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEskom\u2019s load forecast for the evening peak demand for Monday is 25,507MW.\u201d<\/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. 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