Greenstone Hill power outage: City Power reports supply restored
City Power reports that electricity has been restored to customers in Modderfontein, Greenstone Hill and Stoneridge after a cable fault reported earlier on 3 November 2026. The operator statement establishes reported restoration for those named areas, while the exact outage onset, affected connection count and physical restoration minute remain unknown.
Status of this incident
Current status unconfirmed
Last known status: restored, according to the source · City Power reports power restored in Modderfontein, Greenstone Hill and Stoneridge after a cable fault reported on 3 November.
Source moment: Nov 3, 2026, 08:03 PM UTC (10:03 PM local time)
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City Power reports supply restored to customers in Modderfontein, Greenstone Hill and Stoneridge.
The operator attributes the interruption to a cable fault reported earlier on 3 November.
Exact onset, affected connection count and restoration minute are not established.
Restoration reported for three named areas
The City Power statement was published at 22:03:29 South African Standard Time on 3 November, equivalent to 20:03:29 UTC. It says power has been restored to customers in Modderfontein, Greenstone Hill and Stoneridge following the cable fault. The restoration position is attributed to the operator; the available evidence does not independently verify electricity at every individual address.
The statement names the three areas but does not provide a number of affected connections. It therefore cannot support a household or population total. The named places define the scope of this report, without establishing a wider regional outage or a restoration result for neighbouring areas that the operator did not name.
What the sources tell us, and what they do not
- Named areas
- Modderfontein, Greenstone Hill and Stoneridge
- Operator report
- City Power reports power restored after a cable fault
- Restoration statement
- 3 November 2026, 22:03:29 SAST / 20:03:29 UTC; exact restoration minute unknown
What the timing and cable-fault report establish
City Power describes a cable fault reported earlier on 3 November. That reported date does not establish the precise time electricity was first lost. Similarly, the publication timestamp records when the restoration announcement appeared, rather than the exact minute physical supply returned. Without those event times, a total duration in hours would be an unsupported calculation.
This report concerns the fault that the bulletin dates to 3 November. It does not merge the event with earlier Greenstone interruptions. No additional fault mechanism or affected connection count is established. The operator statement supports reporting that supply has been restored, while leaving those details unknown rather than filling them with assumptions from other incidents.
Planning essential backup capacity
The grid-down essentials guide, internet backup guide and runtime calculator can help compare essential loads and backup options. These are general planning resources. They do not measure supply at an individual address or independently confirm the operator restoration statement.