Johnathan Paoli
Johannesburg’s City Power announced over the weekend that it would change its load shedding schedule, following complaints from residents about prolonged power outages.
This change marks the third adjustment to the schedule since the utility assumed responsibility for the process, which aims to strike a balance between managing the city’s electricity demand by minimizing the impact of prolonged outages of up to four hours at times, on residents.
City Power took over the implementation of the rolling power cuts in the city earlier in November, and promised that power outages won’t last beyond two hours at a go.
However the move has led to a number of challenges for residents especially where electricity cuts happen on two-hourly periods during the day and nights.
The utility acknowledged the need for a revamped approach and decided to revert to Eskom’s methodology, ensuring residents experience at least four hours of load
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