Municipality issues early warning for load reduction
eThekwini Municipality has asked electricity users to lower their electricity usage to prevent load shedding.
ETHEKWINI Municipality has issued an electricity load reduction warning to all residents.
“We are in a load reduction early warning from 10am to 10pm today (Wednesday, 7 January). Please switch off all non-essential equipment.
“We appeal to all to participate in the demand response to avoid having to declare an emergency or invoke load shedding and/or load curtailment,” the municipality said in a statement released by the communication department.
According to Eskom, two of its generators failed, which added to an already stressed system.
For the emergency load shedding schedule, click here.
