Rain 🌧️, Loadshedding and cabletheft blamed for City Power's slow response to electricity outages. 🙁 Read more here ⬇️
Mangena said the majority of outages have affected Hursthill, where several substations which include Roosevelt, Forrest Town and Parktown north distributor tripped after load shedding during the heavy rains.
“There are currently several outages in Roodepoort that our operators are attending to, including Peter Road where installation of a mini-substation was halted by heavy downpours yesterday. Our operators are also responding to Wilropark outage. “Attempted cable theft at Eikenhof Substation resulted in a power outage that is affecting Naturena Camptonville. Cables were stolen on Monday, but were subsequently repaired and power was restored last night. However, four hours after restoration, the cable was damaged again due to attempted theft,” Mangena said.Mangena said other areas affected by the outages including Mulbarton, Glenvista and surrounding areas.
“The repair work at the Nirvana Substation in Lenasia where two faulty cables caused an outage could not be carried out last night due to rainfall. Teams are currently busy.” “City Power is doubling its efforts and resources in a bid to minimise the impact of the prolonged outages, however, due to a stretched resources, load shedding, bad
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