Load reduction
Moerane: Areas that owe Eskom billions won’t be the utility’s problem in a year
A memorandum of understanding was signed by the city and Eskom on Wednesday night, which they have been working on for over a year now.
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FACT SHEET: Inside SA's grid electricity supply statistics
Electricity is a “foremost pressing issue” for communities across South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa says, as the country heads into local elections. Africa Check looks at what the statistics reveal about grid electricity supply in our nine provinces, and how it has changed since 1994.
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Eskom implements load reduction in Khayelitsha
The power utility said load reduction was aimed at protecting assets by reducing load during peak hours in high-density areas, which were overloading the network.
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Eskom warns it will intensify load reduction in parts of Gauteng
The power utility said its network was overloaded as a result of illegal electricity activities across high-density areas in the province.
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Thousands of people in Joburg East without electricity
Eskom deliberately cut supply to communities in these parts of Gauteng at 5am as part of its so-called "load reduction" timetable.
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Eskom: Municipalities owe us R35bn and we want that money
The power utility presented the state of its systems at Megawatt Park on Monday.
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Eskom implements load reduction in Vaal, Soweto
Eskom said the blackouts were due to load reduction which has been implemented from 5 am to 9 am on Sunday morning.
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Benoni, Brakpan, Vosloorus residents wake up to no power due to load reduction
Eskom has cut power from 5 am and the outages will last until 9 am.
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Eskom cuts power in Soweto, Vaal & West Rand to avoid network overloading
The utility said it’s trying to avoid network overloading in high-density areas.
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Eskom deliberately cuts power to large parts of Tshwane
The power utility said it was trying to avoid network overloading in high density parts of the province.
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Cutting illegal power connections no long-term solution, says Eskom
Eskom technicians were in Diepsloot on Tuesday morning to remove illegal electricity connections.
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Load reduction in force in areas of Gauteng and KZN
Residents in some parts of Soweto, Benoni, Brakpan and Vosloorus in Gauteng and Intabazwe in Harrismith are among the affected communities.
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Eskom implements load reduction in Tshwane from 5 pm
Areas affected by the load reduction on Tuesday include Ekangala, Ga-Rankuwa, Mabopane, Soshanguve, Swartdam and Winterveld.
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No load shedding today but Eskom warns SA to use electricity sparingly
Eskom said that it was not planning to implement load shedding on Thursday but it would be rolling out 'load reduction' in Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and the Free State.
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With four generating units back, Eskom to start load shedding from 4pm today
The utility said that it had managed to return four generating units to sevice and was able to avoid load shedding until this afternoon.
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Eskom won’t negotiate conditions for restoration of power in Soweto
Residents, who have been without electricity since June, took their frustrations to Eskom’s front door on Tuesday, staging a protest outside Megawatt Park.
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Dark start today for Soweto, Vaal communities with load reduction
Eskom said it would implement load reduction in high density areas to prevent network overloading.
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Load reduction: Eskom cuts power in large parts of Soweto, Ivory Park
The utility said it’s implemented so-called "load reduction" to prevent networking overloading in these areas.
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Loadshedding could persist over the weekend, says Eskom
Eskom's implemented stage two load shedding on Thursday morning, saying it was the last resort to protect the national grid.
