NELSON MANDELA BAY - CITY WARNS OF POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES AFTER LOADSHEDDING

On Thursday evening, Eskom announced Stage to Loadshedding would commence with the following statement:

In order to replenish emergency generation reserves, Stage 2 loadshedding will be implemented starting tonight from 21:00 to 05:00 in the morning, and will again resume on Friday night at 21:00 to 05:00 on Saturday morning.

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality then issued this statement reagarding power outages following loadshedding:

Please note that when a goup / area has been switched off for loadshedding, customers are reminded to switch off their major appliances, i.e. stoves, geysers, pool pumps, heaters, air conditioners, etc. 

When the electricity is restored after a loadshedding slot, these high-consumption appliances normally draw a lot of current, causing a high demand on the electricity network.

This causes the electricity circuit breakers in the substations to trip and is the reason why the electricity goes on, but then off again after a few minutes when NMBM switches the electricity back on. 

This results in damage to the already aged electricity infrastructure and causes prolonged power outages.

Customers are advised to switch on their appliances one by one, allowing a few minutes' interval between each. We therefore urge consumers to continue assisting us in managing consumption in order to reduce the impact of loadshedding.