KEMPTON POWER: Damage, faults and theft blamed for latest outage as teams work to restore power
Repair work to the transformer commenced this morning and it is anticipated to be concluded by 21:00 however efforts will be made to restore power earlier.
In a power update at 15:00 from Kempton Park ward councillor Amanda Davison the outage was blamed on damages by third party contractors, multiple cable faults and attempted theft.
“On the weekend of December 9 the Kempton Park area had three major power outages affecting the Esther Park, Aston Manor, Glen Marais and Pomona areas.
“The causes of the outages were, damages by third party contractors, multiple cable faults and attempted theft.”
She added that after continuous work the outages affecting Glen Marais, Pomona and Esther Park were resolved and power was restored to customers.
Also read: GATVOL Kempton Park residents take to the streets after latest power outage
“An attempt was made on Saturday night to repair the fault to the cable affecting parts of Aston Manor and the Noag Village Estate in Pomona was conducted by the team.
“There was an alleged attack on the officials by community members, whilst working on Mirabel Street and the team had to withdraw from site,” she said.
Repairs resumed on Sunday where the cable theft unit guards assisted in protecting the team.
“While repairs were being conducted 4 hour loadshedding came into effect, leaving the team without means to finish repairs.
Also read: Media and residents desperate for clarity on Kempton power outages
“The transformer supplying Aston Manor, Glen Marais, Van Riebeeck Park tripped at the Rietfontein substation, late in the evening.
“The team was dispatched to investigate. Repair work to the transformer commenced on Monday (today) and are anticipated to be concluded by 21:00 however efforts will be made to restore earlier.
The team will be able to resume restoration of Noag Village Estate and the affected part of Aston Manor.
“It is anticipated that power will be restored to these areas early tomorrow (Tuesday)”.
The extended load shedding and bad weather are major contributing factors to delays and challenges to full restoration.”
Why do many updates for Germiston and none for Kempton Park? What is happening with our power?
— Minshaw Copywriting (@minshawcopy) December 12, 2022
@City_Ekurhuleni @CoE_Call_Centre @eNuus @eNCA could we please ask for an update on the electricity in Kempton Park? It’s been hours of assessment of the problem, surely by now you should be able to come up with some sort of solution.
— Gerrie vd linde (@LindeGerrie) December 12, 2022
@CityPowerJhb Kempton park still out since 4pm Sunday 11 dec 2022..
All these outages..
The grid collapsing?
Why still load shedding if soooo many areas are out…— Jake (@JakeLocustThe) December 12, 2022
