Cape Town - Eskom said it stopped Stage 1 load shedding at about 9pm on Tuesday night, but warned that the power grid would remain constrained for the rest of the week.
“The electricity supply system remains very vulnerable for the rest of the week due to a shortage of generation capacity as several units are currently out of service due to planned and unplanned outages,” Eskom said in a statement.
“Any unforeseen incident in the power system could thus trigger the implementation of load shedding.
“We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience to affected customers and we thank all electricity users for responding to our messages to save. Every little bit of saving counts in minimising the severity of load shedding.”
Eskom called on all customers to reduce the load on the electricity grid by switching off geysers, air conditioners, pool pumps and all non-essential appliances throughout the day, which would reduce electricity demand.
Commercial customers, particularly shopping centres and office blocks, could also make a big difference by switching off non-essential lights and not leaving office equipment such as photocopiers and computers in standby mode after hours.
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