Eskom announced stage 2 loadshedding would be implemented from 5am on Tuesday morning.
Daphne Mokwena, Spokesperson of Eskom said this is due to the successful recovery of eight out of ten generation units and the restoration of 3,808 Megawatts (MW).
She said an additional 1, 146MW is expected to be recovered overnight.
Mokwena said unplanned outages are at 13, 690MW.
This is 690MW higher than the summer outlook base case of 13 000MW.