'It's not Koeberg's fault'
2006-01-20 20:27
Cape Town - An electricity black-out in Cape Town has nothing to do with the maintenance work at Koeberg Nuclear Power Station, Eskom and the city of Cape Town said on Friday.
"It has nothing to do with us, it has to do with the City of Cape Town," said Carien de Villiers, a spokesperson for Koeberg.
Charles Kadalie of the City of Cape Town said the black-out started at about 14.4, when a fault occurred at the Montague main station which supplied incoming electricity from Eskom to the city.
"There was a (power) trip," Kadalie said, adding that a technical team was trying to ascertain the cause of the black-out.
"It has nothing to do with Koeberg."
Kadalie said the city was "synergising" its gas turbines to augment electrical power to the city.
He said a significant portion of the city was without power including Milnerton, large portions of the central business ditrict, Woodstock and surrounding areas.
- SAPA