Stage 12 means no power for 24 hours, but it gets worse …
Officially, at least, there are now 16 stages of load shedding – up from the previous eight under the previous code. Eskom has not yet publicly announced this, but the new Code of Practice has reportedly been approved by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa .
Normally, Stage 2 would’ve been two two-hour blocks across 24 hours. On the new schedule, there are two two-hour blocks across 32 hours.Because the schedule runs across 32 hours, even at Stage 12 – with 24 hours of power being off – this would still mean eight hours of ‘power on’ across that 32-hour cycle. So, six hours off, two hours on. Times four. ADVERTISEMENT CONTINUE READING BELOW The industry will be comfortable with the fact that at least there is now a plan beyond Stage 8.
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