Stage 5 load-shedding is in force until 8 pm on Wednesday when stage 6 will be implemented. The daytime outages were at stage 4 on Tuesday.

The heightened stages of enforced power outages are due to insufficient generation capacity and the need to further replenish emergency reserves, Eskom said.

Load-shedding at stage 5 will apply between 5 am and 8 pm, with stage 6 in force from 8 pm to 5 am. This pattern will be repeated daily until Saturday morning. Eskom’s announcement comes hours after the energy utility said Kusile’s unit 2 was synchronized into the grid.

“This marks another significant milestone in the Eskom generation operational recovery plan which aims at increasing the energy availability factor to 70% by March 2025. “The unit will add 800 MW to the grid.

“The additional three units provide 2,400MW, which translates to two-and-a-half stages of load-shedding. With the three units back in service, Kusile in total will be generating 3,200MW.”

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