By Naadiya Adams

Eskom to implement stage 2 load-shedding on Wednesday 6 January 2021.

The power utility said load-shedding will be implemented between 22:00 and 05:00 on Wednesday and Thursday night

“Eskom would like to inform the public that Stage 2 load-shedding will be implemented between 22:00 and 05:00 tonight and on Thursday night,” Eskom said in a statement.

Eskom currently has 6,672MW on planned maintenance and another 12,073MW of capacity remains unavailable due to unplanned maintenance.

“The load-shedding is necessary in order to recover and preserve the emergency generation reserves that have been utilised to support the system during the week following the earlier-than-planned shutdown of Koeberg Unit 1 and other units whose return to service has been delayed.”

Eskom is appealing to the public to reduce electricity consumption to help reduce load-shedding.

“The system remains vulnerable and unpredictable,” Eskom said.

According to Eskom teams are working around the clock to return as many of the affected units to service as soon as possible.

The power utility will continue to update the public on the state of the national power grid.