BREAKING: STAGE 5 load shedding until Monday after FIVE units broke down

Eskom announced that Stage 5 load shedding would be implemented until 5:00 on Monday after five generating units broke down overnight and on Saturday morning. The worsened power cuts will commence at 10:00.

STAGE 5 LOAD SHEDDING

According to the power supplier, 2400MW of capacity was lost due to the breakdowns and should any further breakdowns occur higher stages of load shedding could be implemented at short notice.

“A unit each at Kusile, Arnot and Camden, as well as two units at Duvha Power Station tripped. While some generation units are anticipated to return to service, it is necessary to escalate the load shedding to stop the use of the emergency generation reserves and begin the replenishment thereof ahead of the week,” said Eskom.

The energy reserves have been drained due to the extensive amount of load shedding over the past two weeks. On Sunday, Eskom officials will provide an outlook of the power cut stages for the week ahead.

As things stand, 16 597MW of capacity is unavailable due to breakdowns and a further 7210MW is offline due to planned maintenance.

 Load shedding schedules can be found via the following links:

• City of Tshwane 
• City of Johannesburg
• City of Ekurhuleni 
• City of Cape Town
• Nelson Mandela Bay
• eThekwini
• Manguang
• Buffalo City

The City of Cape Town will continue at Stage 3 for most of Saturday and will experience Stage 5 power cuts from 22:00.

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