Pretoria – Eskom says it will implement stage 1 load shedding at 3pm and stage 2 load shedding will be implemented from 4pm.
Stage 2 load shedding is likely to continue until 10pm this evening.
“This is due to increased electricity demand and a shortage of generation capacity resulting from technical faults at some of our power station units,” said Eskom on Thursday.
The power utility assured customers that load shedding is implemented as a necessary measure to protect the power system and to ensure that maintenance is carried out in order to guarantee that the supply of electricity can be maintained in the long term.
Any unexpected changes on the vulnerable and constrained power system could lead to a change in the load shedding stage at short notice.
Load shedding schedules are available on the Eskom website http://loadshedding.eskom.co.za and the customer call centre 0860 037 566.
Municipal customers should contact their municipalities for information. – SAnews.gov.za
