Please note that the schedules available from this page, are not maintained by eskom, but by the relevant metro/municipality. it is merely a convenient access point for municipal customers.. Consumers may be affected by load shedding as per schedule above depending on how much load must be shed. the request from eskom range from 10 mw to 300 mw and depending on how much must we shed, the affected areas in a block may be equitably reduced.. Load shedding schedules during scheduled load shedding parts of the network are switched off according to a predetermined schedule, with the impact spread equitably over the customer base. shedding is predictable and allows for customers to plan accordingly..
Load shedding comes into effect when the electricity demand known as �load� exceeds the supply that is available. currently, load shedding is performed by disconnecting supply transformers and sharing the available supply until the required quantity of load is shed and stabilised, this protects the grid from total collapse.. Load shedding status we are currently not load shedding due to high demand or urgent maintenance being performed at certain power stations. to determine the time/s that you will be affected, please view the schedule for your area.. Johannesburg - eskom began stage 1 load-shedding on friday morning and said the power cuts would continue until at least 9pm. the utility says the outages are the result of protests by its workers.
