Following a meeting with the HOD for Energy Mark Wilson, Ward 39 councillor Alta de Beer, has announced that power to most of the affected areas in Germiston should have been restored.
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“Power to most of the affected areas should of been restored,” said de Beer.
“If residents are still without power they are advised to first check their home distribution boxes (DBs) for any trips before logging a new call with the metro’s call-taking centre.”
De Beer urged all residents and businesses to keep the load balanced during the two peak periods daily (namely 7am to 9am and 4pm to 7pm) by implementing energy saving measures.
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Residents of Elsburg, however, will have to wait a bit longer for power as metro technicians work on a cable fault in the area.
“Elsburg’s power outage has been cause by a cable fault in the area,” said de Beer.
“A team is working on the fault and power should be restored later today.”
De Beer further stated that plans to stablise the power grid would be shared soon.
Updates to follow as more information becomes available.
Germiston residents share their frustration on Twitter:
It’s been 3 days now without power in Elsburg Germiston can someone please let us know what is going on and when we can expect it to be restored????
— paschal (@Pashash1) July 3, 2019
this is the third day in a row that we have a power outage during the day in Hazelpark Germiston, what exactly is the problem, and any idea how long it will carry on this way?
— Yvonne Potgieter (@yvonnepot4) July 3, 2019
More lies ths was same problem as yesterday this 3rd Castleview Germiston has no power in the morning 3rd day in a row. "Substation fault" again can u be proactive instead of reactive fix the damn thing its winter
— MISS MDT (@michante8) July 3, 2019
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