Eskom has announced that due to lower weekend demand, load-shedding will be suspended at midnight on Friday. Stage 2 load-shedding will again be implemented on Monday.
“Lower weekend demand has made it possible to suspend load-shedding from midnight until Monday. Stage 2 load-shedding is currently under way until 16:00 today, after which it will increase to Stage 3 until midnight. Eskom will publish a further update on Sunday afternoon, or as soon as there are any significant changes,” the power utility said in a statement.
It said that since Thursday morning teams had returned to service a generating unit each at Arnot, Kendal, Kriel, and two units at Tutuka power stations.
“We currently have 6 234MW on planned maintenance, while another 13 779MW of capacity is unavailable due to breakdowns. Load-shedding is implemented only as a last resort in view of the shortage of generation capacity and the need to attend to breakdowns,” Eskom said.
