Load reduction introduced in parts of Boksburg
Sunward Park resident were left furious today when the power went out again.
The metro says the reason Boksburg residents experiencing power outages is due to the implementation of a forced reduction especially during peak demand in the morning and afternoon.
“Since the incident over the weekend at the Les Smit substation, one of the Eskom transformers failed and some oil samples cannot be energised, resulting in a bit of shortfall in capacity requirements from the metro’s side,” says metro spokesperson Themba Gadebe.
Gadebe further explains that the Metro is now forced to implement load reduction.
“The maximum capacity we need from Eskom is around 66 MVA and currently Eskom can supply 60MVA.”
Parts of Boksburg lost the power supply on Saturday at around 7am following the explosion of the Incoming Circuit Breaker from Eskom to Ekurhuleni.
Gadebe says Eskom is currently working on the transformer to get it back in operation and this may take a day or two. -@TumeloBoksburg
After a brief spell from Sunday evening until Monday morning we are still without power in Cinderella. Any idea why?
Tuesday evening 635 and again we have no power in Sunward Park. Lived in Benoni for 20 years and back in Boksburg for 18 months. The power outages here are unacceptable. Dd
Why does it feel like sunward park is being targeted when it comes to power outages.do they think that all residents of sunward have generators We had no power the whole weekend and now nothing tonight. How on earth do they expect matric learners to study.