Preliminary investigations have revealed moisture might have interfered with busbars at the Motherwell substation, and caused the explosion which then affected the breaker.
But by Tuesday, at 15:45pm, power was restored in some areas.
Ziyanda Mnqokoyi, Energy Mayoral Committee Member, at Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, said “at about 08:45pm last night, my office was alerted of an electricity outage in Motherwell, which was caused by flash over (explosion) on the 22KV bus section breaker which interconnects two busbars in the Motherwell main substation. My office working together with that of the Executive Director immediately responded by coordinating officials and contractors to be on site.”
He said, by Tuesday morning at 9am, his team headed to the substation to assess progress made on the repairs and to get reports from officials as to when power will be restored.
“Upon our interactions and the team’s agile response, we can now safely confirm that
electricity has been fully restored in all affected areas.
We’d like to apologise to all the affected residents for this inconvenience and thank
them for their patience whilst our teams worked tirelessly to restore power in all affected areas.”
Picture: EFF Eastern Cape