UPDATE: Stage 2 load shedding under way, Eskom says

The power utility tweeted this morning that it had “lost units” and would probably be implementing load shedding today, from 9am until 10pm.

It said this would only be implemented if absolutely necessary, and is the alternative to a dangerous total blackout.

It then tweeted that Stage 2 began at 9am.

#PowerAlert 2 : Eskom implements Stage 2 rotational #loadshedding @CityPowerJhb @CityofJoburgZA @City_Ekurhuleni @CityofCT @CityTshwane @eThekwiniM @TrafficSA @ewnupdates @SABCNewsOnline pic.twitter.com/Emk5Lg61ZP

— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) November 30, 2018

Eskom implemented Stage 1 load shedding on Thursday. It has warned that the country will likely see more planned outages for the remainder of the year.

The parastatal in effect admitted earlier this month it hadn’t made provision for enough coal to keep all its power stations going due to a number of operational challenges.

Eskom customers can visit Eskom or contact the utility’s customer care centre on 0860 037 566 for a load shedding schedule.

• Stage 2 allows for up to 2000 MW of the national load to be shed. It is twice as severe as stage 1.

#PowerAlert : As a result of a loss of additional units overnight the probability of stage 2 loadshedding is high from 09:00 to 22:00 today. @CityPowerJhb @City_Ekurhuleni @CityofCT @CityofJoburgZA @eThekwiniM @CityTshwane @TrafficSA @ewnreporter @SABCNewsOnline

— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) November 30, 2018

#PowerAlert 1:
The risk of #loadshedding has moved from Stage 1 to Stage 2 for today, but will only
be implemented if absolutely necessary. @CityPowerJhb @City_Ekurhuleni @CityofCT @CityofJoburgZA @eThekwiniM @CityTshwane @City_Ekurhuleni @SABCNewsOnline @TrafficSA pic.twitter.com/KJ8uKZ0OQS

— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) November 30, 2018

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