Loadshedding schedule for week of Monday, 24 April 2023

Eskom hopes to tow the Stage 3-4 loadshedding pattern into the new week.

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Eskom will reduce loadshedding to a pattern of Stages 3 and 4 from Monday, 24 April 2023.

UPDATE: Wednesday, 26 April 2023 – Eskom downgraded outages to Stage 4 loadshedding at 16:00 and confirmed in a statement that for the duration of the long weekend, rotational blackouts will switch between Stages 2 and 3 during morning peak periods.

As of Wednesday, 26 April 2023, breakdowns amounted to:

  • 16 283MW –down 1 672MW from Monday, 24 April 2023
  • 5 065MW –up 23MW from Monday, 24 April 2023

Here’s the loadshedding schedule for week of Monday, 24 April 2023

The embattled power utility has, thus far, managed to keep rotational blackouts at a steady rate of 3 000MW – 4 000MW shed for two consecutive days.

In a statement published on Sunday, Eskom revealed the current state of its generation capacity allowed for loadshedding to remain unchanged at the start of this week, until further notice.

“Due to a slight improvement in the available generation capacity, Stage 4 loadshedding will be implemented from 16:00 this afternoon until 05:00 on Monday followed by Stage 3 loadshedding from 05:00 to 16:00. This pattern of Stage 3 and Stage 4 loadshedding will be repeated daily until further notice,” Eskom explained in a tweet.

Here’s a snapshot of Eskom’s energy availability, as reported at 18:25 on Saturday, 22 April 2023.

  • Eskom availability: 26 306 MW
  • Loadshedding: 3 913 MW
  • Total demand: 29 215 MW
  • Number of OCGTs and GTs utilised: 12
  • Renewable gen: 1 565MW
  • IPP availability (Dispatchable): 1 014MW
  • RES: Wind: 1 241 MW
  • CSP: 258MW
  • PV: 66MW

As of Friday, 21 April 2023, breakdowns amounted to:

  • 15 930MW – down 1 395MW from Monday, 17 April 2023
  • 6 505MW – up 1 048MW from Monday, 17 April 2023

Here is the official loadshedding schedule:

DateMorning Peak
(05:00 – 16:00)		Evening Peak
(16:00 – 05:00)
Monday
24 April 2023		Stage 3Stage 4
Tuesday
25 April 2023		Stage 3Stage 4
Wednesday
26 April 2023		Stage 3Stage 4
Thursday
27 April 2023		Stage 2*Stage 4*
Friday
28 April 2023		Stage 3*Stage 4*
Saturday
29 April 2023		Stage 3*Stage 4*
Sunday
30 April 2023		Stage 1*Stage 3*
*Loadshedding schedule subject to change at short notice.

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