Load shedding suspended this weekend

Power utility Eskom announced load shedding would be suspended at midnight.

Eskom said the lower weekend demand had made it possible to suspend load shedding from midnight tonight until Monday.

“Since Thursday morning, Eskom teams have returned a generating unit each at Arnot, Kendal, Kriel and two units at Tutuka power stations.

“We currently have 6234MW on planned maintenance, while another 13 779MW of capacity is unavailable due to breakdowns.”

Stage 2 load shedding will continue until 4 pm on Friday and increase to Stage 3.

On Monday, Stage 2 will begin promptly from 5 am until 4 pm, and thereafter, Stage 3 will be implemented until midnight.

Eskom said a statement would be released on Sunday afternoon about the week ahead.

In addition, they would communicate if any changes happened over the course of the weekend.

Eskom reminded consumers load shedding was implemented only as a last resort in view of the shortage of generation capacity and the need to attend to breakdowns.

-IOL

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