Eskom implements stage 1 load shedding from 5pm

Cape Town - Eskom has announced that it will implement stage 1 load shedding from 17:00 on Sunday, which is likely to continue until 22:00 this evening.

"This is due to increased electricity demand and a shortage of generation capacity resulting from technical faults at some of our power station units," said the power utility.

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Eskom assured customers that load shedding is implemented as a necessary measure to protect the power system and to ensure that maintenance is carried out in order to guarantee that electricity supply can be maintained in the long term.

"Any unexpected changes on the vulnerable and constrained power system could lead to a change in the load shedding stage at short notice," said Eskom.

It made a special plea to electricity users to consider energy efficient ways of keeping warm, as cold weather is being experienced across the country.

On Sunday morning the power utility said that it has adequate generating capacity to meet the demand in electricity.

On Saturday, not even an hour after announcing that it had escalated load shedding to Stage 3, Eskom announced that Stage 2 had been introduced again.
 
It said this was as a result of a decrease in electricity demand.

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