Power utility Eskom on Sunday published its load shedding schedule for the week – and, no surprise, it wasn’t great news!
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Eskom confirmed that Stage 3Thursday, 29 September, while Stage 4
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“Eskom is still experiencing constraints from its diesel suppliers that is affecting the availability of bulk diesel to the Ankerlig and Gourikwa Open Cycle Gas Turbines, which have a combined capacity of 2,000MW.
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However, those who receive their electricity from the City of Cape Town will enjoy some relief after it confirmed its rolling daily plan for Wednesday.
While Eskom customers will be on Stages 3 and 4, City of Cape Town residents will on Wednesday ‘only’ suffer Stage 1 and 2 outages.
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For people living in the major metros, load shedding schedules are available below:
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Stage 3 loadshedding will continue to be implemented between 00:00 and 16:00 until Thursday, while Stage 4 loadshedding will be implemented daily during the evening peaks from 16:00 until 00:00 pic.twitter.com/HyfpJXkgV9
— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) September 25, 2022
