City Power warns Joburg residents of week-long outages for network maintenance

City Power has announced scheduled power cuts for several suburbs in Johannesburg this week as they perform essential substation maintenance to enhance network reliability. Suburbs like Orchards, Norwood, City Deep, Bramley, Lenasia, and Westgate will experience planned power interruptions. Isaac Mangena, City Power's spokesperson, stated that these interruptions are part of a broader initiative to upgrade aging infrastructure, aiming to strengthen, maintain, and improve the electricity network's reliability and stability.

The maintenance work will identify faults before they escalate and reduce the likelihood of unforeseen outages.

The Orchards Substation outage will occur from 9am to 5pm on Monday, impacting Fairmont, Orange Grove, and Norwood areas. On Tuesday, the Moffat Substation will be offline from 8am until 4pm, affecting City Deep, Transnet, and parts of Heidelberg. Wednesday's maintenance will focus on the Cydna Substation and the Lenasia South Ext 4 Switching Station.

Thursday will see work at the Gresswold Substation and Ennerdale Ext 6 Switching Station. The Westgate Switching Station outage, which will affect the Westgate Shopping Centre, is scheduled to run from Thursday through Saturday.

Mangena advised residents to exercise caution during the outage periods. He cautioned that power supply may be restored earlier than expected, urging customers to treat all electrical supply points as live. He also recommended that residents unplug their appliances during the outage to prevent potential damage when electricity is restored.

City Power expressed regret for the inconvenience caused by the maintenance work and acknowledged the patience and cooperation of customers as they undertake this essential task to enhance the reliability, safety, and stability of the electricity network.