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Stage 4 load-shedding to clear up confusion?
People could soon experience their first-ever Stage 4 load-shedding after Eskom confirmed that the stage allocation would be altered
Have you ever asked the question: Why do I still have electricity when the group I am in is being load-shed? Then you curse the Ladysmith Gazette for wasting your time sending you a load-shedding warning!
Well, hopefully Eskom’s Stage 4 load-shedding should explain why…
People could soon experience their first-ever Stage 4 load-shedding after Eskom confirmed that the stage allocation would be altered.
“The current Stage 3 is a large stage of reduction and there are sometimes occasions when the full stage is not required,” Eskom said.
After the changes take effect, the load-shedding stages will provide for the following amounts of total load to be shed:
- Stage 1: total of about 1,000MW
- Stage 2: total of about 2,000MW
- Stage 3: total of about 3,000MW
- Stage 4: total of about 4,000MW.
The National Control Centre (NC) instructs stages up to Stage 3 and Stage 4 from May 1.
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