Eskom has announced another day of stage four loadshedding.
Stage four loadshedding was implemented at 9am this morning, after an upgrade from stage two, and will continued throughout the day into the night.
The company claims that a shortage in generating capacity has led to loadshedding, which is conducted rotationally as a measure of last resort to protect the power system.
Stage 2 #Loadshedding will continue today, 19 March until 09h00 this morning whereafter we will move to Stage 4 loadshedding. This is due to a shortage of capacity. We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience. @CityPowerJhb @City_Ekurhuleni @centlecutility @eThekwiniM
— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) March 19, 2019
The company further announced that a press briefing will be held today (Tuesday) at which Minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan, and the chairperson of Eskom’s Board, Jabu Mabuza, will address the media on Eskom and the current electricity supply problems.
During loadshedding customers are reminded to treat all electrical points as live.
Eskom appeals to residents and businesses to use electricity sparingly during this period.
Please switch off geysers, as well as all non-essential lighting and electrical appliances to assist in reducing demand.
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How do the different loadshedding stages work?
- Stage One
Stage one is implemented when Eskom requests a loadshedding range from between 10MW to 300MW.
“In this stage areas to be affected are divided into two equal load sizes to accommodate Eskom load reduction needs,” Gadebe said.
“If the metro schedule has eight areas in a block to be affected , only four of the eight areas may be affected on day one and the other remaining four areas will be affected on day two.”
- Stage Two
When stage two is declared, the metro’s schedules are implemented in full.
If there are eight areas in a block, all eight areas will be affected.
- Stage Three
When Eskom’s grid in under severe pressure stage three is implemented.
“Stage three is completely out of the metro’s control and is implemented by Eskom to protect the national grid from collapsing and to avoid a blackout.
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