The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality wishes to inform residents that the Rowallan Park 132kV circuit breaker tripped at the Chatty Substation, resulting in a power outage affecting the following 132kV substations:
- Rowallan Park
- Summerstrand
- Lorraine
- Chelsea
- Arlington
Affected areas:
- Summerstrand 132kV Substation
- EP Command
- Forest Hill
- Humewood
- Southdene
- Summerstrand (up to Marine Hotel)
- Sections of South End
- Summer Dunes
- SAWTRI
- Happy Valley
- Courtyard Hotel and surrounding areas
- Marine Towers
- Strand View
- Cape Recife Waterworks
- UPE
- Technikon Village
- Boardwalk Casino
- Kurumanskloof and surrounding areas
- Arlington 132kV Substation
- Arlington Drift Sands (ADS)
- Driftsands Lovemore Park (DLP)
- Miramar
- Pari Park
- Providentia
- Schoenmakerskop (DSK)
- Schoenmakerskop Village
- Walmer (9th Avenue area)
- Walmer Dunes
- Section of Walmer Heights
- Walmer Industrial
- Walmer Location
- Willow Area (DSK)
- Rowallan Park 132kV Substation
- Ben Kamma
- Beverley Grove
- Bramhope
- Bridgemeade
- Brymore
- Francis Evatt Park
- Glenroy
- Hunters Retreat
- Kabega Park
- Kunene Park
- Morningside (Opal Road towards Hunters Side)
- Rowallan Park
- Sherwood
- Van der Stel
- Vergelegen
- Walker Drive
- Willow Glen
- Lorraine 132kV Substation
- Section of Overbaakens
- Arlington
- Lorraine (Section)
- Walmer Heights (Section)
- Kings Court Area
- Springfield (Section)
- Deer Park
- Bushby Park
- Seaview
- Fairview
- Kragga Kamma
- Theescombe
- Section of Mangold Park
- Section of Mount Pleasant (Upper)
- Lovemore Heights
- Providentia
- Broadwood
- Woodlands
- Weybridge Park
Municipal technical teams are investigating the cause of the outage.
Immediately following the outage electricity supply was successfully restored to the following 132kV substations:
- Summerstrand 132kV Substation
- Arlington 132kV Substation
- Lorraine 132kV Substation
