Durban residents get four-and-a-half hours of load-shedding a day on average under stage 6, while some areas of Gauteng are out for up to 12 hours.
Some cities in South Africa get load-shed less frequently than others, with municipalities like Durban’s eThekwini averaging just over four hours a day under stage 6 load-shedding, while areas in Gauteng get up to twelve hours a day.
They are instructed to shed a specified percentage of their total load for each stage of load-shedding. “Load-shedding schedules are designed by each distribution utility in line with the requirements of NRS048-9 and the System Operator,” said Gugu Sisilana, eThekwini municipality spokesperson.“Every utility has a different strategy in terms of the load-shedding rotation and the execution, depending on the type of load under their control and the number of load curtailment customers,” she added.
The association attributed eThekwini’s receiving of the award to the work done by the city’s High Voltage Network Control Division’s implementation of an automated load-shedding system. eThekwini mayor Mxolisi Kaunda agreed, saying the automation system and extent of its electricity network allow it to implement shorter bouts of load-shedding.
As an example of the differing approaches adopted by municipalities, we compared the load-shedding schedules across all eight of South Africa’s metropolitan municipalities.
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