Electricity supply back to normal

By Cindy Witten
25 June 2009

After stormy weather wrecked havoc blowing down trees and causing power outages in the more leafy suburbs in the City, the City Electricity Department’s Charles Cooper said that everything seems to be under control.

“I was told very early this morning, just before 06h00, that virtually everything was back,” said Cooper. “Only a very small part of Pinelands was still out.”

When asked about the cause of the power cuts, Cooper said that it is common for windy weather to cause power outages. “In these cases, I’m told by our technical colleagues that trees fall on over-head lines, or when branches break off the trees and fall on lines, this damages the lines of the electricity network.”

While teams are out in the field doing everything they can to rectify the problem, the department has requested that residents contact the electricity call centre on 0800 220 440 to report any outages.