Here’s why Eskom pushed load shedding to Stage 4

Eskom has resorted to implementing Stage 4 load shedding on Tuesday morning.

Stage 4 will continue to be implemented until midnight.

Stage 2 will be implemented until 05:00 on Wednesday.

Load shedding Stage 3 will resume at 4 pm until midnight on Thursday.

Stage 2 will be implemented from 4 pm until midnight on Friday.

Eskom said it would provide further updates as soon as more information became available.

Here is the schedule below.

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Stage 4 loadshedding will continue to be implemented until midnight, thereafter Stage 2 will be implemented until 05:00 on Wednesday pic.twitter.com/GqjAkptPc7

— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) October 18, 2022

More breakdowns in power stations overnight have resulted in Eskom pushing load shedding from Stage 2 on Monday to Stage 4 on Tuesday.

Power stations operating at near collapse are a reason Eskom has been forced to implement a higher stage blackout.

Stage 4 load shedding has been implemented from 05:30 due to five generators breaking down overnight.

Stage 4 loadshedding was implemented at 05:30 due to breakdowns of five generators at five power stations overnight. The loadshedding will be implemented until further notice.

— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) October 18, 2022

Stage 4

Residents will be in the dark for longer periods at Stage 4.

Stage 4 load shedding means impacted areas will have power cuts 12 times over an eight day period for four hours at a time or 12 times over a four day period for two hours at a time.

Stage 4 allows Eskom up to 4 000MW to be removed from the power grid.

Stage 5 allows up to  5 000MW of the national load to be removed from the grid with Stage 7 allowing up to 7 000MW to be shed.

Lights were expected to go out on a Stage 2 load shedding schedule until Wednesday this week.

Eskom was expected to provide an update on Wednesday on the status of power.

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