Unfortunately, the loss of generating capacity has forced City Power to embark on load-shedding at stage 2 as declared by Eskom.
At any given day City Power receives electricity from two lines at Kelvin power station which contributes 10% of overall electricity, with the rest coming from Eskom. City Power lost one line which was impacted by the damage to the 275kv Prospect/Sebenza Line number 1 on Saturday night.
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City Power has implemented Stage 2 load shedding as per directives of Eskom. This is due to the loss of generating capacity at Kelvin substation. We'll update customers and residents of @CityofJoburgZA about blocks affected.^BP pic.twitter.com/l3s28qb1Jj— @CityPowerJhb (@CityPowerJhb) February 3, 2020
This damage plunged most of the suburbs east and central of Johannesburg into darkness. The line never recovered and it is currently out of commission with repairs expected to be done. As such, only one is currently online at Kelvin power station leaving us vulnerable.
It is for this reason that City Power started load-shedding from 12pm on Monday, 3 February. City Power will notify its customers when there are any changes. The extra capacity from Kelvin power station, alongside some of the technologies such as ripple delays, and load-limiting through smart metres allowed City Power to offset load-shedding since it started last week.
City Power apologises to their customers for the inconvenience caused by this.
Customers are urged to continue using electricity sparingly and check the load-shedding schedule in order to know when their area will be shed.
This schedule can be found on the City Power website https://www.citypower.co.za
