Bryanston power outage: City Power reports 95% restored
City Power says electricity has been restored to 95% of customers affected by the Bryanston outage supplied by Brynorth Substation’s Logan Distributor. Its 2 November 2026 update asks customers still without power to log new calls because the team cannot locate the mini-substation affecting the remainder. Full restoration is unconfirmed, and no completion estimate or customer total is given.
Status of this incident
Current status unconfirmed
Last known status: partly restored · City Power reports 95% customer restoration in the Bryanston incident on Brynorth’s Logan Distributor; remaining customers are asked to log new calls, with no completion estimate.
Source moment: Nov 2, 2026, 06:19 PM UTC (08:19 PM local time)
In 20 seconds
City Power reports power restored to 95% of customers in the named Bryanston incident.
The operator asks customers still off to log new calls because its team cannot locate the remaining affected mini-substation.
The outage is dated 1 November; customer total, exact onset and completion time remain unknown.
Customers still off asked to log new calls
City Power published the latest statement at 20:19:52 SAST on 2 November, equivalent to 18:19:52 UTC. It names Brynorth Substation and the Logan Distributor and reports restoration to 95% of customers in the incident. The team says it cannot locate the mini-substation affecting those still off and asks them to log new calls. The statement provides no deadline for locating the remaining problem or restoring the rest of the supply.
Earlier on 1 November, City Power said operators were on site investigating. At 17:15:38 SAST, it reported partial restoration and 16 load centres remaining off pending fault location and repair. At 21:29:30 SAST, it retained that count and said the test branch would be requested the following morning. Those earlier counts describe earlier reports; the latest statement does not give a revised load-centre total.
What the sources tell us, and what they do not
- Named area
- Bryanston customers supplied by Brynorth Substation, Logan Distributor; remaining addresses and customer total unknown
- Operator response
- City Power reports 95% customer restoration; asks customers still off to log new calls while mini-substation identity remains unresolved
- Timing
- Latest notice: 2 November 2026, 20:19:52 SAST / 18:19:52 UTC; outage dated 1 November; completion unknown
What the restoration percentage means
The reported 95% concerns customers in this named incident, rather than all residents of Bryanston. City Power gives no customer total or enumerated denominator behind the percentage, so it cannot be converted into a number of restored homes or people. The remaining affected streets are also unspecified. This is an operator restoration report without an independent address-level audit, and it does not confirm electricity at any particular property.
The operator explicitly dates this outage to 1 November. The relationship with earlier October reports from the same area remains unresolved; the retained article address does not establish continuous loss since October. The latest statement leaves the mini-substation identity unresolved and gives no repair completion estimate. Its publication time is not an exact switching time, and neither the interruption’s precise onset nor its duration at individual addresses is established.
Planning essential backup power
For household preparation, the grid-down essentials guide covers essential backup needs, the internet backup guide covers connectivity, and the runtime calculator helps compare device demand with battery capacity. These resources support planning; they cannot establish the local fault, confirm supply at an address or predict the duration of this interruption.