The City of Cape Town Electricity Generation and Distribution Department reminds Lansdowne residents that it will be doing necessary infrastructure maintenance this week, which may result in electricity supply disruptions.
The City performed the maintenance on Tuesday, 13 February, and it was scheduled to be carried out again on Tuesday, 20 February. However, the municipality cancelled it.
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The City advised that the electricity infrastructure maintenance will be carried out for the second time on Wednesday, 20 March, from 6am to 6pm.
The metro municipality is then expected to do the maintenance again on Wednesday, 27 March, from 6am to 6pm.
City explained that residents will have electricity supply during these times but may experience disruptions.
‘Please note that while the work is being carried out, residents will have electricity supply and will not be affected by stages of Eskom’s loadshedding. Electricity supply interruptions may occur when the work commences in the morning and when the maintenance work is completed in the afternoon. Sometimes, tripping can occur, among others.’ The City said.
Residence are also advised that, due to the complex nature of the infrastructure work, the time of restoration may be delayed by a few hours, or as a result of loadshedding.
‘Our teams will work as quickly as possible to complete all upgrades within the 6am to 6pm communicated time; however, restoration delays may occur due to the intricate nature of the work,’ said the electricity department.
Area outage footprint for 20 and 27 March:
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Furthermore, the municipality warned that if supply interruptions are experienced during the planned maintenance, the electricity supply could be restored at any time. Customers must treat all electrical installations as live for the entire duration of the interruption.
Residents are also encouraged to switch off appliances as a precaution and to avoid damage caused by power surges when the power comes back on.
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