Loadshedding has been suspended from 21:00 tonight due to sufficient recovery in generation capacity

Sunday, 06 February 2022: Eskom is pleased to announce that loadshedding has been suspended from 21:00 tonight due to sufficient recovery in generation capacity. The period of loadshedding assisted us in replenishing the emergency generation reserves in anticipation of the week ahead. Since Saturday morning, Eskom teams have returned nine generating units to service, helping to ease the capacity constraints.

A generating unit each at Hendrina, Majuba, and two units each at Kriel and Matimba power stations, as well as three Kusile units, returned to service. Five other units have not yet returned to service from failures over the weekend.

Eskom expects to return some of these and more generating units during the week, which will further ease the capacity constraints.

Total breakdowns amount to 14 509MW while planned maintenance is 5 860MW of capacity.

Eskom would like to thank all South Africans for their tolerance and understanding during the loadshedding. We further appeal to the public to continue using electricity sparingly and to switch off non-essential items.

We will communicate promptly should there be any significant changes to the power system.

ENDS