eThekwini Electricity strives to provide a high quality of supply and recognises the effects that any disturbance
on the electricity network can have on electrical plant as well as the potential consequences thereof.
Quality of supply is measured in terms of a number of parameters such as
but the sensitivity of modern plant to the latter and the network wide resultant disturbance
even for a remote incident, makes this a factor of special attention.
The nature of electricity supply and the benefits of interconnected transmission networks for
security of supply makes it impossible for any utility to eliminate voltage dips, but eThekwini
Electricity is striving to reduce the frequency of those dips of high duration and/or magnitude.
Reports on these dips are available. This website is intended to provide
eThekwini Electricity customers with information regarding such system
disturbances which can be used to better understand and possibly even
mitigate the effects that are experienced on their own interactive plant.
eThekwini Electricity is, itself, supplied from the Eskom national grid at
275 kV to 275/132 kV substations for further transmission and distribution.
With any problems related to Power Quality, please contact:
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