City Power sells recovered electrical equipment as scrap
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Ourcitynews
City Power says cables and electrical equipment recovered during operations against illegal connections are weighed, recorded and then sold as scrap. In Midrand, in the Johannesburg region, a recent operation recovered cables estimated to be worth 500,000 rand and two transformers valued at 2 million rand, spokesperson Isaac Mangena said.
City Power, Johannesburg’s electricity provider, recovered cables estimated to be worth 500,000 rand and two transformers valued at 2 million rand in Midrand during an operation against illegal connections. The recovered equipment does not return to the company’s operational stock and is sold as scrap, its spokesperson Isaac Mangena said, Ourcitynews reports.
The cables and other infrastructure are taken to City Power’s recovery depot, where they are weighed and checked. Aluminium cables recovered in Alexandra during an earlier operation were valued at around 200,000 rand according to their weight and scrap value. They are resold through a tender process, generally to the highest bidder, under the company’s disposal procedures.
The operation in Midrand was carried out with the South African Police Service and the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police in the informal settlement of Kanana and in Klipfontein View. According to City Power, the unauthorised installations were disrupting electricity supply to Rabie Ridge Extensions 1, 2, 3 and 5.
The recovery operation in Midrand is part of a series of interventions by the company, which had also carried out disconnections in the city centre at the beginning of the month and in Alexandra the previous month. The value of equipment recovered in Midrand had already been reported on 13 October. A visit to inspect damage to Johannesburg’s electricity network, published on 18 October, also examined the state of the city’s infrastructure.
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