If you were feeling dumb for not getting it right‚ relax. Eskom's sudden electricity cut-off and "muddled" load-shedding schedules caught both residents and administrators off-guard‚ a Johannesburg city official acknowledged on Tuesday.
Councillor Nico de Jager‚ member of the mayoral committee in the environment and infrastructure services department‚ said: "When load-shedding was abruptly announced on Sunday‚ it certainly caught City Power and Joburg residents by surprise and unprepared.
"As a result‚ entire substations were load-shed at once instead of the block-by-block approach as per the schedules."
This happened as a result of City Power using a different version of the schedule from the one Eskom used after the system crashed‚ said De Jager.
Why Joburg's Eskom load-shedding schedule was a mess
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If you were feeling dumb for not getting it right‚ relax. Eskom's sudden electricity cut-off and "muddled" load-shedding schedules caught both residents and administrators off-guard‚ a Johannesburg city official acknowledged on Tuesday.
Councillor Nico de Jager‚ member of the mayoral committee in the environment and infrastructure services department‚ said: "When load-shedding was abruptly announced on Sunday‚ it certainly caught City Power and Joburg residents by surprise and unprepared.
"As a result‚ entire substations were load-shed at once instead of the block-by-block approach as per the schedules."
This happened as a result of City Power using a different version of the schedule from the one Eskom used after the system crashed‚ said De Jager.
Brace yourself for stage 3: Load-shedding continues on Tuesday
This schedules have since been aligned‚ he added.
"Taking into account the devastating effect of load-shedding on our ageing infrastructure‚ the city will engage with Eskom to better align all the systems‚" said De Jager.
On Tuesday‚ City Power implemented Eskom's stage 3 load-shedding between 8am and 11pm. Stage 3 means 3‚000MW of electricity needs to be cut from the grid.
Residents can track the latest schedule via the City Power website.
- TMG Digital
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