The City of Ekurhuleni is appalled by persistent vandalism and theft of key components necessary to return damaged Dukathole substation to full functionality. This vandalism and theft are not only crimes, but they also cause inconvenience to many other electricity users and are costly to the

Work to reconstruct the Palm Ridge substation which caught fire on Thursday, 3 July 2025 is progressing well. Preliminary tests of the transformers are complete, and two of the transformers can take load, and one is still undergoing repairs. The city is considering a temporary contingency supply to bypass the burnt building to restore supply […]

Following the postponement of the initial public meeting for the comments on the appointment of Independent Power Producers (IPPs) that was scheduled to sit in March 2025, new dates have been set and the city is yet again calling on members of the public to make in-put on the issue of independent power producers (IPPs). […]

The City of Ekurhuleni is calling on members of the public to make in-put on the issue of independent power producers (IPPs). The city plans to appoint multiple IPPs for various electricity generation technologies to a capacity of 1500 Megawatts. The appointed IPPs will be awarded 20 year contracts. Members of the community and other […]

The City would like to assure its electricity prepayment consumers, specifically those that are consistently purchasing electricity that their meters will not be affected by the technology change with respect to TIDrollover and will still operate normally. After 20:24 on 24 November 2024, meters will no longer accept electricity tokens unless they are upgraded to […]

It has come to our attention as the City of Ekurhuleni that there are individuals contacting ratepayers demanding money to stop ‘scheduled disconnections’ because their municipal accounts are in arrears.

The City of Ekurhuleni is phasing out old electricity meters  and replacing them with new technologically advanced pre-payment meters in an effort to clamp down illegal electricity connections, electricity theft and meter tampering. “The new pre-payment meters also come with great convenience to the customer as it limits consumption to the value of what the […]

The City of Ekurhuleni has finally completed the upgrading of the Diens Street Substation in Alberton. The facility serves as a generation distribution solution for the heavy load users in the Alrode industrial area which used to experience sporadic power outages – negatively impacting on production. Yesterday 12 December, Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) […]