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The Week Ahead Load Shedding Schedule – 23 February to 1 March

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Your load shedding schedule for 23 February to 1 March 2015 in Nelson Mandela Bay. (Click here to see IF load shedding is operational or not) Sponsored by: Straton Solar - The time to go Off-Grid is now! Stage 1 – 5% The schedule is calculated over a 8-day cycle during which each group will be shed once per 2.5hr time slot.  During the 8-day cycle, each group is excluded from loadshedding for two days. Time Mon Tues Wed … [Read more...] about The Week Ahead Load Shedding Schedule – 23 February to 1 March

Will Load Shedding affect property prices?

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According to leading financial analysts and economic experts, the ever-growing risk of electricity supply disruptions could affect the residential property market in 2015. While it is expected that house price growth will be marginally higher this year than last year’s 7.1%, electricity supply constraints are likely to have a negative effect on the demand for property. John Loos, a household and property sector analyst at FNB, pointed out that both the output and performance growth of the … [Read more...] about Will Load Shedding affect property prices?

The Week Ahead Load Shedding Schedule – 16 to 22 February

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Your load shedding schedule for 16 to 22 February 2015 in Nelson Mandela Bay. (Click here to see IF load shedding is operational or not) Sponsored by: Straton Solar - The time to go Off-Grid is now! Stage 1 – 5% The schedule is calculated over a 8-day cycle during which each group will be shed once per 2.5hr time slot.  During the 8-day cycle, each group is excluded from loadshedding for two days. Time Mon Tues Wed … [Read more...] about The Week Ahead Load Shedding Schedule – 16 to 22 February

Stage 2 Load Shedding – Happy Dark Baby Making Valentines Day!

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If you assumed that the demand for electricity and need for load shedding only occurred during the week when ALL businesses were consuming power it appears that assumption is the mother of all (YOU KNOW WHAT). That assumption though is completely in line with a business model that; Thanks you for using less of a product and Canes you for using more of a product! In fact today during my load shedding I am going to go to my nearest wholesaler, buy in bulk and insist on paying more for my … [Read more...] about Stage 2 Load Shedding – Happy Dark Baby Making Valentines Day!

Load shedding for today

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Eskom has announced that LOAD-SHEDDING STAGE 1 commenced at 14:00 (2pm) today. In accordance with the schedule: Group 3 will be shed from 14H00 to 16H30; Group 4 will be shed from 16H00 to 18H30; The geysers will be shed from 18H00 to 20H30; and Group 5 will be shed from 20H00 to 22H30. See: The Week Ahead Load Shedding Schedule – 9 to 15 February. You Know what to do - CLICK HERE and be FREE. … [Read more...] about Load shedding for today

The load shedding risk for this week is …..

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As the risk for load-shedding continues, power utility Eskom has called on South Africans to use electricity sparingly. In its Twitter feed on Wednesday, the utility said the risk of load-shedding was medium to high while it also appealed to the public to use electricity sparingly. Any unexpected changes on an already constrained power system could result in load-shedding. This after it implemented stage one load-shedding from 6pm to 10pm on Tuesday. The utility thanked those … [Read more...] about The load shedding risk for this week is …..

High risk of load shedding this week

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The risk of load-shedding this week remains high, says Eskom. “The system will continue to be under severe pressure over the coming week, so the risk of load shedding remains high. There is a shortage of generation capacity due to units that are currently out of service due to planned and unplanned maintenance. “The focus is on returning the units that are on unplanned maintenance back on line in order to increase available capacity,” said the utility in a statement on Sunday. “We call … [Read more...] about High risk of load shedding this week

The Week Ahead Load Shedding Schedule – 9 to 15 February

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Your load shedding schedule for 9 to 15 February 2015 in Nelson Mandela Bay. (Click here to see IF load shedding is operational or not) Sponsored by: Straton Solar - The time to go Off-Grid is now! Stage 1 – 5% The schedule is calculated over a 8-day cycle during which each group will be shed once per 2.5hr time slot.  During the 8-day cycle, each group is excluded from loadshedding for two days. Time Mon Tues Wed … [Read more...] about The Week Ahead Load Shedding Schedule – 9 to 15 February

Friday Crisis Level – Stage 2

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Power utility Eskom will implement Stage 2 load shedding until 22h00 today, 6 February 2015. Commercial customers, particularly shopping centres and office blocks are urged to switch off non-essential lights and not to leave office equipment such as photocopiers and computers on standby mode after hours. In terms of load shedding per block, the schedule is always followed, however there are technical difficulties that can result is block mismatches and customers finding their power not … [Read more...] about Friday Crisis Level – Stage 2

Why Some People Don’t Experience Load Shedding

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Bonita and I have been going steady as commenting buddies here: Load Shedding – Schedule 3 to 8 February 2015. Bonita is a little bit irked that some households do not experience load shedding even during scheduled times. My buddies over at Municipal Communications have answered Bonita's questions by saying; "Please note that: The schedule does not mean that every single household/property in a particular Group will definitely be switched off for the entire duration of the Loadshedding … [Read more...] about Why Some People Don’t Experience Load Shedding

And today it is Stage Two Load Shedding

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Eskom has announced Stage 2 Loadshedding from 08H00. The geysers and Group 5 will be switched off from 08H00 to 10H30 as per schedule. Click here for the Stage 1 and 2 Load Schedding Schedules. Those hybrid Solar PV Systems are beginning to make more and more sense. These 'lucky people' are the recipients of Load Shedding today: 08h00 to 10h30: Geysers + Group 5 10h00 to 12h30: Group 6 + Group 7 12h00 to 14h30: Group 8 + Group 1 14h00 to 16h30: Group 2 + Group 3 16h00 to … [Read more...] about And today it is Stage Two Load Shedding

Load Shedding – Schedule 3 to 8 February 2015

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Eskom has announced Stage 1 Load Shedding for today 3 February 2015 - the Nelson Mandela Bay load shedding schedule for Stage 1 up to 8 February is below: Time Mon 2 February 2015 Tue 3 February 2015 Wed 4 February 2015 Thurs 5 February 2015 Fri 6 February 2015 Sat 7 February 2015 Sun 8 February 2015 06:00 -08:30 Group 8 Group 6 Group 4 Group 2 Group 1 Group 7 Group 5 08:00 … [Read more...] about Load Shedding – Schedule 3 to 8 February 2015

Welcome to [insert day here]’s Stage 1 Load shedding schedule

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But - expect that Stage to escalate soon. Eskom will implement stage one load shedding this morning as the electricity system continues to be constrained. The Nelson Mandela Bay's lucky Electricity Roulette Recipients for Stage 1 today are: 10:00 -12:30 - Group 1 12:00 -14:30 - Group 2 14:00 -16:30 - Group 3 16:00 -18:30 - Group 4 18:00 -20:30 - Geysers 20:00 -22:30 - Group 5 "Eskom will be implementing stage one load shedding from 10am until 10pm today to manage dam … [Read more...] about Welcome to [insert day here]’s Stage 1 Load shedding schedule