Nasrec and FNB power outage: City Power reports supply restored
City Power reports that electricity supply has been fully restored in Nasrec and FNB after a cable fault. The utility published the update on Tuesday 20 October 2026. The precise time of restoration and the duration of the interruption have not been established.
Status of this incident
Restoration confirmed
Last known status: restored, according to the source · 20 October: City Power reports supply fully restored in Nasrec and FNB after a cable fault.
Source moment: 20 Oct 2026, 18:39 UTC (20:39 local time)
In 20 seconds
City Power reports full restoration in the named Nasrec and FNB footprint.
The operator attributes the outage to a cable fault.
The exact start time, restoration-completion time and affected-customer total remain unknown.
Operator reports restoration in Nasrec and FNB
The update appeared on City Power’s official channel at 20:39 SAST on 20 October, equivalent to 18:39 UTC. That is the publication time of the statement. It does not establish when the interruption started or the moment crews completed restoration, so an exact outage duration cannot be calculated from it.
The report names Nasrec and FNB. Its restoration statement applies to that named footprint; it is not confirmation of supply at every nearby property. The available update does not provide a complete address list or an affected-customer count. No wider total should be inferred from the place names alone.
What the sources tell us, and what they do not
- Named areas
- Nasrec and FNB
- Reported cause
- Cable fault, according to City Power
- Operator-reported status
- Supply fully restored in Nasrec and FNB; exact completion time unknown
Cable fault cited; detailed timings unknown
City Power identifies a cable fault as the cause. The statement does not give a detailed technical account of the failure or the repair sequence. The confirmed editorial basis is the utility’s account of the cause and its reported restoration, rather than an independently measured assessment of the network.
An earlier Nasrec incident dated 16 October was already recorded as restored. A technical relationship between that event and the interruption reported on 20 October is unknown. The two reports therefore do not establish one continuous outage, and their dates should not be used to calculate a combined duration.
Planning essential electricity needs
For future interruptions, the runtime calculator helps compare essential device demand with battery capacity. The internet backup planner supports connectivity planning. These tools help assess backup requirements; they cannot verify supply at an address or establish when a cable repair was completed.