#Power_Alert – STAGE 4 load shedding has begun… Stage 4 explained

Eskom has confirmed that it will commence with stage 4 load shedding.

#POWERALERT 2
Date: 11 February 2019

Rotational loadshedding moves to Stage 4 from 13H00 to 22H00 @CityPowerJhb@City_Ekurhuleni@CityTshwane @CityofCT @eNCA @IOL @SABCNewsOnline pic.twitter.com/UnrIVTprHM

— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) February 11, 2019

Stage 1 load shedding means the power utility needs to recover 1 000MW of power from the grid. The average household will be shed for around two and a half hours. This will happen every second day.

Stage 2: This means that double the amount of power (2 000MW) needs to be recovered. Households can expect to be shed once a day for around two and a half hours.

Stage 3: A power recovery of up to 4 000MW needs to happen. This means the Eskom will require double the amount of power to be shed that at stage 2. You are likely to experience two and a half hour blackouts two to three times a day.

Stage 4: Eskom needs to recover more than 4000MW in order to prevent a national blackout. Under stage 4 load shedding Eskom can implement unscheduled power cuts without warning. This is the final option for the power utility.

Residents are asked to take note that the 2014 schedules will be used. Here are your schedules:

Ekurhuleni Load Shedding Schedules

Click on the image to enlarge and download to your device or select the relevant link below for the PDF version. Keep these for later use.

PLEASE NOTE: Should there be load shedding the City of Ekurhuleni (CoE) will make use of the 2014 schedules.

Edenvale 2014 LoadsheddingEdenvale Bedfordview

Bedfordview 2014 LoadsheddingEdenvale Bedfordview

Germiston 2014 Loadshedding Germiston Palm Ridge

Kempton Park 2014 Loadshedding Kempton Park Esselen Park

Power consumption can be lowered by switching off geysers, pool pumps, heaters and non-essential appliances in the peak period between five in the afternoon and eight in the evening.