Eskom deputyspokesperson Dikatso Mothae did not respond to TheSouthAfrican.com for comment at the the time of publication.
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Dikatsoe Mothae, the deputyspokesperson for the company, has been in the hot-seat on an interim basis since then.
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Mark Toner, the State Department's deputyspokesperson, said American officials had expressed "concern both publicly and privately" about reported atrocities.
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Clifford Hlatywayo, the deputyspokesperson of the MDC, said he was not surprised by the reaction of the authorities to the planned protest.
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The deputyspokesperson at the US State Department, told the BBC co-operation cannot continue as usual when people are being killed on the streets.
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Eskom's deputyspokesperson, Dikatso Mothae said that they expect no load shedding but it does not mean that the system is guaranteed to remain stable.