Load Shedding Update:
Phase 3 will continue until further notice, again Staff WriterO October 20, 2022
Eskom Power Company says their previously announced schedule must be reduced again to make room for phase 3 offload all day until further notice.
Previously, the team announced that Phase 3 will be paused at 05:00 Friday, October 21. However, Level 3 offloading will continue to be implemented until further notice. .
Based on the previous announcement, the load reduction will continue until the end of the week. The stages in which this will happen are currently unknown.
“Delays in bringing one generating set back into service at Duvha, Grootvlei, Kendal and two at the Tutuka power plants, as well as the loss of power to each unit at the Kusile power plants. and Komati lead to this increase in offload,” it said.
Currently, there are no operating units at Kusile Power Plant due to three units having problems, while one unit is idle due to planned maintenance.
Eskom will release a new update as soon as there are significant changes.
He noted that he currently has 5,146 MW under scheduled maintenance, while 17,408 MW of additional capacity is unavailable due to power outages.
Schedule
For residents of major cities, offload schedules are available here
- City of Johannesburg
- City of Ekurhuleni
- City of Tshwane
- City of Cape Town (PDF)
- Nelson Mandela Bay
- eThekwini
- Manguang
- Buffalo City
To access other offloading programs, Eskom has made them available at loadhedding.eskom.co.za.
Smartphone users can also download the EskomSePush app to receive push notifications when offloading is performed, as well as when the region you are in will be off
