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 time-slot;
- Hospitals and major industrial areas are not affected by Loadshedding. In certain instances, there are households which are supplied from the same substation that provides power to a hospital or factory (such as at SANCA in Chatty) – these households are, fortunately and consequently, not affected by Loadshedding; and
- You will not experience Loadshedding outside of the schedule as it is applicable to a specific stage. Should there be a power outage in your area outside of the schedule’s time-slot, this is due to a cable fault and not Loadshedding. In such instances, we endeavour to keep you informed.
We thank you for your patience and understanding as we collectively deal with a national energy crisis.”
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Thank you Alan, but i have to say that nothing changed in our Linton Grange area. I know that hospitals, etc obviously should not be affected. End of 2014 the areas i have mentioned was affected, but since 2015 they have not been affected. Believe me, I know. i think someone should investigate a little more. The answer they give is common sense and does not really answer by query.
They can’t afford to switch to Substation off in Framesby at the Kragga Kamma and Cape Road split anymore due to the infrastructure that is very old. Everyday loadshedding will damage it even more…. “Kaboooommmmm!!!”
That makes more sense, because you hear so many “stories” and don’t know what is true. The only trouble is that eventually the other substations will also go “Kaboooomm”. Just wish Eskom could decide earlier in the morning which stage of loadshedding it will be. Then one can try and at tleast plan your day!!!!!!