UPDATE: Welp, it looks like it can, and will, get worse. Load shedding Stage 4 will kick in from 14:00 today, 9/6/21. That continues until 22:00 this evening, before dropping back to Stage 2. Why? Additional breakdowns, that’s why.
Loadshedding will be increased to Stage 4 from 14:00 this afternoon until 22:00 tonight, after which it will revert to Stage 2 as previously communicated@News24 @SABCNews @NewzroomAfrika @eNCA @IOL @ewnupdates @SundayTimesZA @SowetanLIVE @dailysunsa pic.twitter.com/6Q9bpiZh01
— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) June 9, 2021
ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Happy Wednesday! Load shedding is back and it’s not going anywhere until the end of the weekend.
Well yay.
According to a post on Eskom’s official twitter account, Stage 2 will commence at 10h00 today and run through until Sunday at 22h00.
#Loadshedding #Stage2 commences at 10:00 until Sunday 22:00. Schedules obtainable from:
Eskom customers:
👉Loadshedding website https://t.co/HU9rLhpo4y
👉MyEskom app https://t.co/mjoRstwkN3Municipal customers to contact their respective munics pic.twitter.com/AW24CvzTi7
— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) June 9, 2021
Load shedding ain’t going away
According to a report on News24, the reason for the planned outages are due to delays in returning generation units to service at Kusile, Tutuka, Duvha, Kendal and Koeberg power stations.
According to the release, breakdowns currently total 13 752MW (a slight improvement on yesterday’s figure) while planned maintenance means 1 273MW is unavailable.
Stage 2 loadshedding will be implemented from 10:00 this morning until 22:00 on Sunday
night due to delays in returning generating units pic.twitter.com/aeS1oqVKl4— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) June 9, 2021
So, yeah, happy Wednesday everyone. And thanks Eskom. We appreciated your efforts. Kind of.
