City Power is scrambling to fix thousands of power failures across Johannesburg as Eskom suspends load shedding due to 'an improvement in available generation capacity'. | iavanpijoos
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City Power is scrambling to fix thousands of power failures across Johannesburg on Tuesday as Eskom suspends load shedding until 16:00 due to"an improvement in available generation capacity". It said a new mini-substation would be ordered for the Windsor distributor after the substation tripped on Monday.Meanwhile, the Roodepoort service delivery centre recorded 727 calls on Tuesday, with 521 recorded over 24 hours.
City Power said the Alexandra substation distributor tripped on Monday due to a burnt mini-substation. The power utility said 90% of power supply was restored, however, the mini-substation remained off, affecting Riverpark Drive Phase 2 and surrounds.
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