Eskom has announced a reduction in load-shedding stages over the weekend, but warned that these stages might change at short notice.
Eskom has revealed its load-shedding schedule for the weekend, with the lowest stage planned to be stage 3. The utility said that it would continue to implement stage 6 load-shedding until 05:00 on Saturday, 22 April 2023.
The utility will then increase load-shedding to stage 4 until 05:00 on Sunday, 23 April 2023.However, Eskom warned that these load-shedding stages might change at short notice. At the time of its statement, the utility’s power station breakdowns stood at 15,930MW of generating capacity, while a further 6,505MW was offline due to planned maintenance. “Over the past 24 hours, two generation units at Kendal and Kriel, and a unit each at Matimba and Medupi Power Stations were returned to service,” Eskom said. “In the same period, a generating unit each at Matla and Tutuka Power Stations were taken offline for repairs.” “The delays in returning a unit to service at Kriel and two units at Tutuka Power Stations have contributed to the capacity constraints.” The table below shows the load-shedding stages planned from Friday, 21 April 2023, until early in the morning on Monday, 24 April 2023.
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