City Power said three substations near Lenasia South will remain off until repairs are complete with no estimated time of restoration
City Power said three substations will remain off until repairs are complete with no estimated time of restorationsaid it is aware of the power supply interruption affecting several areas serviced by the Lenasia Service Delivery Centre .Spokesperson Isaac Mangena said the Ennerdale Switching Station, Lunar and Hopefield Substations are off because of a burnt Basbar link from Eskom’s side.is on site still working on assessing the full extent of damaged and stolen cable.
“Yesterday, the newly installed 88kV cable passed the test and shortly after that, it was livened up. The team will be moving the load from some of the contingency measures that had been put in place such as interconnectors and a generator. That load will be moved back to the 88kV cable.” Parts of Johannesburg‘s inner city were plunged into darkness earlier this month after underground cables caught alight.
Last week, the City Power clean-up operations revealed that 300 metres of copper cable was stolen during the recent vandalism that sparked a fire in the Joburg CBD. Cable theft was alleged to be behind the fire, with City Power security also having to later exchange gunfire with informal settlers who were attempting to steal the burnt cables.
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