eThekwini Municipality to introduce new load-shedding schedule

FROM next week, the City will introduce a new, revised load-shedding schedule in an effort to protect the national grid.

eThekwini has been on a reduced level of load-shedding and had been excluded from Stages 1 to 3 since the floods in April last year.

However, municipal spokesperson Lindiwe Khuzwayo said it has become unavoidable for the City to avoid normal load-shedding stages as experienced by the rest of the country.

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The new schedule will be effective from Thursday, May 25.

“The City is finalising the amended load-shedding schedule, and this will be shared with the public as soon as it is ready. Suburban-block allocations have been amended to accommodate the required changes. Customers are urged to check their suburbs against their new block numbers when the schedule is published.

“Areas with a large industrial component have been allocated to Blocks 17 to 20 and will be shut off from Stage 7 upwards for a duration of four hours at a time. This is expected to limit the impact of load-shedding on production. Customers are urged to minimise their electricity usage. Customers are also urged to switch off high-load appliances during power outages to prevent high waiting loads when the power does return. This will prevent extended outages,” Khuzwayo said.

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