Eskom will resume power cuts for the sixth day in a row when it starts implementing stage 1 load shedding from 06:00 on Friday morning 17 April. This is likely to continue until 22:00 this evening, the utility said.
The outlook for the next five days looks just as bleak as demand continuously outstrips supply.
The outlook for the next week is:
- Saturday (18 April): The capacity available to meet that evenings peak demand is 30 165 MW (including open cycle gas turbines) while demand is forecast at 29 428 MW.
- Sunday (19 April): The capacity available to meet that evenings peak demand is 30 165 MW (including open cycle gas turbines) while demand is forecast at 29 692 MW.
- Monday (20 April): The capacity available to meet that evenings peak demand is 29 895 MW (including open cycle gas turbines) while demand is forecast at 32 004 MW.
- Tuesday (21 April): The capacity available to meet that evenings peak demand is 29 615 MW (including open cycle gas turbines) while demand is forecast at 32 020 MW.
- Wednesday (22 April): The capacity available to meet that evenings peak demand is 29 615 MW (including open cycle gas turbines) while demand is forecast at 31 986 MW.
Click on each of the links below to download the different load shedding stages from 30 March to 5 July 2015:
- Stage 1 Load Shedding Schedule from 30 March to 5 July 2015 <— Start here today and then work down
- Stage 2 Load Shedding Schedule from 30 March to 5 July 2015
- Stage 3 Load Shedding Schedule from 30 March to 5 July 2015
- Stage 4 Load Shedding Schedule from 30 March to 5 July 2015
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