Eskom: Load shedding suspended until Tuesday afternoon
Eskom on Sunday announced that load shedding would remain suspended until 4pm on Tuesday.
The power utility had previously said it would suspend load shedding until 4pm on Monday afternoon.
In a short statement, Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokwena said the suspension of rolling blackouts was due to the continued good generation fleet performance and emergency reserves being fully recovered.
Stage 1 load shedding will then be implemented on Tuesday from 4pm until 5am on Wednesday.
Thereafter, load shedding will be suspended from 5am until 4pm.
Stage 1 load shedding will return from 4pm until 5am on Thursday morning.
This pattern will be repeated daily until further notice.
“Breakdowns are currently at 13 559MW, while planned maintenance is at 4 765MW of generation capacity. Demand forecast for the evening peak is 25 054MW," added Mokwena.
