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:
Date | Morning Peak (05:00 – 16:00) | Evening Peak (16:00 – 05:00) |
Monday 24 April 2023 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 |
Tuesday 25 April 2023 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 |
Wednesday 26 April 2023 | Stage 3 | Stage 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* |
Readers from these metros can check the latest loadshedding schedule below: