Update: 8:22AM FAULT location and repairs to the 33,000 volts underground cable that supplies power from the Vatuwaqa Substation to the Suva Substation continue today.
In a press statement
released by the Fiji Electricity Authority, Chief Executive Officer Hasmukh Patel says it is difficult to estimate
repair times, however the FEA is working around the clock to locate and then
repair the faults at the earliest possible time.
Mr Patel says FEA has no option but to resort to load shedding
to ease the demand off the remaining healthy transmission circuits to avoid
major unplanned blackouts.
“FEA wishes to thank
all our valued customers who had assisted by operating their own stand-by
generator sets independently to cater for their power requirements and request
them to continue until we get the fault repaired,” Mr Patel said.
In the case of an
unplanned event, he said customers may experience intermittent power supply
interruptions outside of the stipulated time, however, FEA would endeavor to
keep the power interruptions to a minimum.
