Cape Town loadshedding schedule for Tuesday, 26 September 2023

Cape Town’s loadshedding schedule for Tuesday, 26 September 2023, suggests residents will be protected from outages.

Cape Town loadshedding schedule for Tuesday, 26 September 2023

On Monday, 25 September 2023, Eskom confirmed loadshedding would resume at a pattern of Stage 2 and Stage 3 from Tuesday.

“This pattern will be repeated daily until further notice,” Eskom noted.

However, for the Eastern and Western Cape, the power utility suspended loadshedding “due to the widespread damage to electricity infrastructure caused by flooding.”

“In the Western and Eastern Cape coastal areas, loadshedding will be suspended with immediate effect in these areas to ensure that the technical teams restore the supply of electricity safely,” the national electricity supplier explained.

Here’s a look at the Cape Town loadshedding schedule for Tuesday, 26 September 2023:

How to check your loadshedding schedule

In Cape Town, loadshedding is implemented rotationally in zones split between 23 areas.

Areas 1 – 16 follow the City of Cape Town’s loadshedding schedule, while Areas 17 – 23 adhere to Eskom’s national outage timetable.

To check the latest outage status, refer to the schedule for the loadshedding stage announced; dates indicated along the top (left to right), with the corresponding affected areas for that day and time slots (from top to bottom).

• City of Cape Town loadshedding schedule
• Eskom loadshedding schedule

Here’s how City of Cape Town lowers loadshedding stages

The City of Cape Town has its Steenbras Pumped Storage Plant to thank for the delayed implementation of increased power cuts. The hydro-electric pumped power station is the first of its kind in Africa and in 2019, it was refurbished to provide auxiliary support when needed most.

Currently, the City of Cape Town is the only metro able to provide a semblance of relief to households impacted by loadshedding. Using the hydroelectric pumped power plant, residents connected to the City’s grid experience a lower stage of loadshedding, where possible.

Here’s how the Steenbras Pumped Storage plant works:

• Electricity generated during off-peak periods pumps water to an upper storage reservoir
• The down-flowing water is then used to power a generator
• Small hydro-generators like the one at Steenbras Dam mean that the City can sometimes avoid loadshedding or stay at a lower stage.