{"id":94524,"date":"2015-07-17T08:54:57","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T06:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=94524"},"modified":"2015-07-17T08:54:57","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T06:54:57","slug":"high-risk-of-load-shedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/07\/17\/high-risk-of-load-shedding\/","title":{"rendered":"High risk of load shedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The power system is currently constrained and under pressure meaning that there is a high risk of load shedding.<\/p>\n<p>The strain is a result of \u00a0increased demand in electricity, as a result of the current cold front, and a shortage of generating capacity as some of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eskom.co.za\/Pages\/Landing.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Eskom<\/a>&#8216;s power station units are currently on maintenance.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Any unexpected changes on the vulnerable and constrained power system could lead to load shedding\u00a0being implemented\u00a0at short notice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/03\/2014-Loadshedding-Germiston-Palm-Ridge-Custom1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-83861\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/03\/2014-Loadshedding-Germiston-Palm-Ridge-Custom1-462x400.jpg\" alt=\"2014 Loadshedding Germiston  Palm Ridge (Custom)\" width=\"462\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/03\/2014-Loadshedding-Germiston-Palm-Ridge-Custom1-462x400.jpg 462w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/03\/2014-Loadshedding-Germiston-Palm-Ridge-Custom1-234x203.jpg 234w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/03\/2014-Loadshedding-Germiston-Palm-Ridge-Custom1.jpg 694w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='adbda927009c48b0ef450c157b00d81c'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Appeal to customers to find alternative ways of keeping warm. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":557,"featured_media":76119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8515,2],"tags":[8297,1012,1003,3023,1106,979,969,2730,3024,1002,1004],"class_list":["post-94524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-municipal-news","category-news-headlines","tag-community-2","tag-east-rand","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-eskom","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-leigh-hodgson","tag-load-shedding","tag-metro","tag-municipality"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Municipal"},"tag_labels":["community","East Rand","Ekurhuleni","eskom","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","Leigh Hodgson","Load Shedding","metro","municipality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/557"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}