Eskom has published an outlook of the loadshedding schedule starting Monday, 1 January 2024.
UPDATE: On Sunday, 7 January 2024, Eskom made changes to the loadshedding schedule. See the updated schedule below.
Here’s the loadshedding schedule starting Monday, 1 January 2024
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On Monday, Eskom kicked off the new year with the return of patterned outages.
In a statement, the struggling utility revealed loadshedding will return at Stage 2 from 05:00 to 16:00 on Tuesday, and Stage 3 starting from 16:00 and well into the evening, and early Wednesday, 3 January 2024.
On Monday, outages remain suspended, barring any unexpected changes necessitated by unplanned breakdowns at Megawatt Park’s ailing generation fleet.
As of Monday, 1 January 2024, breakdowns amounted to:
- 16 231MW – up 3 583MW from Sunday, 17 December 2023
- 8 451MW – down 277MW from Sunday, 17 December 2023
Here is the official loadshedding schedule:
| Date | 00:00 – 05:00 | 05:00 – 16:00 | 16:00 – 00:00 |
| Monday 1 Jan 2024 | Suspended | Suspended | Suspended |
| Tuesday 2 Jan 2024 | Suspended | Stage 2 | Stage 3 |
| Wednesday 3 Jan 2024 | Stage 3 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 |
| Thursday 4 Jan 2024 | Stage 3 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 |
| Friday 5 Jan 2024 | Stage 3 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 |
| Saturday 6 Jan 2024 | Stage 3 | Suspended | Stage 2 |
| Sunday 7 Jan 2024 | Stage 2 | Suspended | Suspended* |
Readers from these metros can check the latest loadshedding schedule below: