Eskom plans to suspend loadshedding on Women’s Day
Loadshedding will switch between Stage 1 and Stage 4 until Wednesday morning.The utility continues to urge South Africans to reduce their energy consumption between 17:00 and 21:00 daily., Eskom laid out its plans for power cuts for the rest of the week on Sunday afternoon.
Since 05:00 on Monday morning, Eskom has been implementing Stage 1 power cuts with Stage 4 loadshedding set to kick in from 16:00 on Monday. Stage 4 will be in effect until 05:00 on Tuesday whereafter Stage 1 will be in place. This cycle of Stage 1 and 4 will continue until Wednesday morning when the utility plans to suspend loadshedding from 05:00 until 16:00.
“Breakdowns are currently at 15 050MW of generating capacity while the generating capacity out of service for planned maintenance is 4 434MW,” the utility reported on Sunday. Eskom says that it has returned generating units to service at Camden and Duvha power stations but during the time those returned, a unit at Medupi Power Station was taken offline for repairs.loadshedding will be implemented at Stages 1 and 4 daily
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