Laser Park power outage: City Power assigns team to faulty termination
City Power says a technical team has been assigned to repair a faulty termination affecting customers in Laser Park, Johannesburg. Its 27 October 2026 notice says 22 affected load centres remain off until repairs are completed. The operator has not provided a verified repair-completion time or a customer total in the checked notices.
Status of this incident
Power outage confirmed
Last known status: confirmed by the source · City Power reports 22 Laser Park load centres off pending repairs to a faulty termination; no verified restoration time.
Source moment: 27 Oct 2026, 08:07 UTC (10:07 local time)
In 20 seconds
City Power reports 22 affected load centres in Laser Park, rather than a count of customers or homes.
A technical team has been assigned to repair the faulty termination; completed repairs or restoration are not confirmed.
A separate notice gives an approximate reported time of 18:36 on 26 October. The exact onset remains unknown.
Repair assignment reported by City Power
The operator’s repair notice describes a faulty termination and says the affected load centres will remain off until repairs are completed. Assigning a technical team identifies the reported repair stage. It does not establish that the team has finished the work, or that electricity has returned to affected connections.
The figure of 22 refers specifically to load centres. It cannot be converted into a number of households, businesses or residents from the available evidence. The notices also do not establish that every address in Laser Park is disconnected or that the interruption extends across Johannesburg.
What the sources tell us, and what they do not
- Reported area
- Laser Park, Johannesburg; Ridge Road Switching Station
- Operator impact measure
- 22 load centres; customer total unknown
- Repair stage
- Technical team assigned to a faulty termination, City Power says
- Restoration time
- Not verified
Reported time differs from an exact outage onset
In a separate notice, City Power identifies Ridge Road Switching Station as the supply point for the Laser Park outage. It says the interruption was reported on 26 October 2026 at approximately 18:36. This is the operator’s reported time, rather than an independently verified start for every affected connection.
The caption does not explicitly print a timezone for that reported time, so no timezone conversion is applied here. The exact onset, address-level impact and restoration time remain unverified. Neither the report time nor the later repair assignment supplies a deadline for electricity to return.
Preparing while the duration remains uncertain
For household planning, the grid-down essentials guide helps organise essential devices and supplies. The runtime calculator compares selected device demand with battery capacity, while the internet backup guide covers connectivity planning. These resources support preparation; they do not establish the condition of the local electricity network or predict when this interruption will end.