The City of Cape Town has managed to reduce the electricity hike for its residents. Image: Pixabay.
Power utility Eskom confirmed that load shedding will resume at Stage 1 on Monday at 05:00 until 16:00 – but get worse thereafter.
The City of Cape Town has managed to reduce the electricity hike for its residents. Image: Pixabay.
Power utility Eskom confirmed that load shedding will resume at Stage 1 on Monday at 05:00 until 16:00 – but get worse thereafter.
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Thereafter, Stage 2 load shedding will kick in overnight and will continue until further notice.
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Monday, 28 November
Tuesday, 29 November
Wednesday, 30 November, and beyond until further notice
Eskom will publish a further update as soon as there are any significant changes.
The continued implementation of load shedding is mainly due to the high levels of breakdowns and the limited emergency generation reserves.
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The utility said it currently has 5 032MW on planned maintenance, while another 16 390MW of capacity is unavailable due to breakdowns.
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Meanwhile, in reaction to Eskom’s plan, the City of Cape Town also amended its schedule for the period Monday to Wednesday this week.
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Those who receive their electricity from the City of Cape Town will experience Stage 2 load shedding between 22:00 every evening until 05:00 the following morning for the first three days of this week.
Monday, 28 November
Stage 2: 22:00 – 05:00 on Tuesday
Tuesday, 29 November
No load-shedding: 05:00 – 22:00
Stage 2: 22:00 – 05:00 on Wednesday
Wednesday, 30 November
No load-shedding: 05:00 – 22:00
Stage 2: 22:00 – 05:00 on Thursday
Bookmark THIS page for more load shedding updates.
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