City Power warns of daily winter 'load rotation' in suburbs hit by overloading

'Load rotation' is on the cards for Johannesburg as the city's electricity system grows increasingly strained by illegal connections and overloading, says City Power.City Power has warned Johannesburg residents about the possibility of imposing daily winter"load rotation" power cuts in suburbs where electricity infrastructure is overloaded.

“The power outages are normally caused by high demand for electricity during the cold months of winter, which leads to network overloading. Illegal connections exacerbate the problem,” said the utility. City Power said it would implement"load rotation" power cuts daily between 4pm and 10pm in areas where monitoring suggested infrastructure was under severe strain and pressure.

CEO Lerato Setshedi said the effectiveness of the winter plan was not only dependent upon measures put in place by City Power but also required co-operation from customers.

I'm a Klipspruit West Resident and this load shedding in the mornings not on what if I was sitting on my own ventelator machine and the lights go like this come on its not far its been more than 5 hours off now ESKOM

So instead of addressing the issue of illegal connections they will rather punish everyone?

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