Refurbished substation will keep lights on in Centurion

Promises to reduce the persisting power outages in parts of Centurion were delivered with the handover of the newly refurbished Kentron substation.

- Marizka Coetzer

The city’s head of sub-transmission management, Itumeleng Shibisi, said although the formal handover was on Tuesday, the substation was in use.

“It’s a very important substation that serves the businesses in the Centurion area in region 4.

“The total cost of the project was R110 743 739. This substation was refurbished due to a fire that happened here in 2014.

“This is one of the few substations that burned due to an electrical fault and not theft or vandalism. This substation is the cornerstone from where we started changing our substations, such as Wapadrand, Mooikloof JJ Substation,” he said.

MMC utility services Frans Boshielo said he was happy about the handover of what he described as a state-of-the-art substation, which will benefit the community and businesses in the area.