Notices
#Eskom load shedding schedule – 8 March 2023
#Eskom load shedding due to the return of a generating unit each at Kriel, Majuba and Matimba power stations, Stage 5 loadshedding will not be implemented today as previously communicated. Stage 4 loadshedding will continue to be implemented until further notice. Please continue using electricity sparingly.
#Eskom Load shedding update: 8 March 2023* Issued by George Municipality on behalf of Eskom*_
*George will be affected as follows:*
Wednesday 08/03/2023
12:00 – 14:30
20:00 – 22:30
Thursday 09/03/2023
02:00 – 04:30
10:00 – 12:30
18:00 – 20:30
Friday 10/03/2023
02:00 – 04:30
10:00 – 12:30
18:00 – 20:30
UNIONDALE NOW USES MISGUND LOAD SHEDDING SCHEDULE TEMPORARILY
*As of 3 March 2023, Eskom is feeding Uniondale power supply from a different region.
Uniondale’s loadshedding schedule now falls under Misgund.We advise consumers to consider the George Municipal issued load shedding schedules as the correct version. According to Eskom, this is a temporary arrangement which should only last approximately a week.*
*The load shedding Applications (Apps) that are in circulation may have not been updated about this change and will give incorrect information unintentionally. The George Municipality load shedding schedule remains accurate and reliable.*
*The latest load shedding schedule for Uniondale is as follows:*
Wednesday 08/03/2023
11:00 – 13:30
19:00 – 21:30
Thursday 09/03/2023
01:00 – 03:30
09:00 – 11:30
17:00 – 19:30
Friday 10/03/2023
01:00 – 03:30
09:00 – 11:30
17:00 – 19:30
SWITCHING ON AFTER LOADSHEDDING – Not all areas will be switched back on at the same time!
Residents of George must please note that with the extended load-shedding, our Electrotechnical Directorate is no longer able to switch the entire city back on at the same time. Our daily notifiable demand from ESKOM has historically been set at 85MVA and on average George would use between 60 and 80MVA, although the municipality must pay ESKOM for 85MVA.
If the power is returned simultaneously to all areas when load-shedding ends, this creates a massive spike or surge in power with all geysers, freezers/fridges/batteries etc drawing power at the same time. With the extended four-hour load-shedding, the spikes for George are consistently reaching 105 – 112 MVA.
Areas will be switched on in sections, on rotation after Load-shedding.
Eskom has indicated that unless George can reduce the spikes, they will increase our notifiable demand to the highest actual usage level which will in turn increase the purchase cost to the municipality. Consumers are requested to use electricity very sparingly when power returns after load-shedding (especially a 4-hour slot).
The municipality will now in rotation, switch the power on in sections. This means if for example the load-shedding slot is scheduled from 20h00 – 22h30, there is a chance that your area may only come on at 22h45 or 23h00.
Please do not switch high-usage equipment on immediately after Load-shedding.
Consumers are therefore urged to turn off high-usage equipment and where possible to not switch on appliances such as stoves and kettles for at least 30 minutes after load shedding. This will reduce the risk of overload tripping on the network and reduce our current high MVA spikes.
Reporting power outages
Please do not phone the After hours number or the Electrotechnical Department to report that you have no power immediately after Loadshedding is scheduled to be lifted. Please be aware of the rotational switching on, and wait at least 30 minutes before reporting no power. The directorate will be aware if there has been a possible substation trip that needs to be sorted out.
Issued by George Municipal Communications Department
Office of the Municipal Manager
Premier’s 2nd Energy Digicon hosts Mayor of George on their energy resilience initiatives
Premier’s 2nd Energy Digicon hosts Mayor of George on their energy resilience initiatives
On Thursday, 09 March 2023 Premier Alan Winde will host his second Energy Digicon. He will be joined by Executive Mayor of George Alderman Leon van Wyk, who will speak about how the George municipality is working towards becoming energy resilient.
Date: Thursday, 09 March 2023
Time: 11:15 am – 12:00 pm
Venue: Virtual platform Teams
Members of the public who would like to watch the Energy Digicon can watch live on the Premier’s and George Municipality’s social media pages:
PREMIER’S SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@premieralanwinde6012
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/windealan
Twitter: https://twitter.com/alanwinde
GEORGE MUNICIPALITY’S SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES
Twitter: www.twitter.com/@george_mun
Facebook: www.facebook.com/@george.municipality
Mayor Leon Van Wyk Facebook: www.facebook.com/@1stForGeorge
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@georgemunicipalofficialyou405/videos
The Digicon will also be recorded and will be available on the Premier’s YouTube channel.
Watch a recording of last week’s Digicon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4duyXoJJyU
Reminder: The public is invited to the George Municipality Thusong outreach in New Dawn Park, Pacaltsdorp
Reminder: The public is invited to the George Municipality Thusong outreach in New Dawn Park, Pacaltsdorp with other business and government stakeholders also taking part.
_When: Friday, 10 March 2023
Where: New Dawn Park Area Office, Cnr of Protea Road and Toemalyn Street
Time: 09h00 – 15h00
Issued by George Mun 7 March 2023
GARDEN ROUTE DAM LEVEL – Water Restrictions remain in place
Percentage storage at new raised dam wall height 78,07
Rainfall for last 7 days: 55.4 mm
(Measured up to and including 6 March 2023)
The co-operation of all users of municipal water is essential and is greatly appreciated.
Follow this link for the detailed Stricter Water Restrictions in English/Afrikaans and Isixhosa.
https://www.george.gov.za/george-doc-categories/public-notices/general/
Contraventions of the Water Restrictions can be reported on 0800 424477.
Report water leaks and burst pipes to 044 801 9262/66 or after hours at 044 801 6300, as soon as you notice them.
*#Eskom Load shedding update: 6 March 2023*
*#Eskom Load shedding update: 6 March 2023*
_*Following the failure of five generating units today, Stage 5 loadshedding will be implemented from 16:00 today(Monday) until 05:00 tomorrow, Tuesday, whereafter Stage 4 loadshedding will resume until further notice. Issued by George Municipality on behalf of Eskom*_
*George will be affected as follows:*
Monday 06/03/2023
20:00 – 22:30
Tuesday 07/03/2023
04:00 – 06:30
12:00 – 14:30
20:00 – 22:30
Wednesday 08/03/2023
04:00 – 06:30
12:00 – 14:30
20:00 – 22:30
Thursday 09/03/2023
02:00 – 04:30
10:00 – 12:30
18:00 – 20:30
Friday 10/03/2023
02:00 – 04:30
10:00 – 12:30
18:00 – 20:30
UNIONDALE NOW USES MISGUND LOAD SHEDDING SCHEDULE TEMPORARILY
*As of 3 March 2023, Eskom is feeding Uniondale power supply from a different region.
Uniondale’s loadshedding schedule now falls under Misgund.We advise consumers to consider the George Municipal issued load shedding schedules as the correct version. According to Eskom, this is a temporary arrangement which should only last approximately a week.*
*The load shedding Applications (Apps) that are in circulation may have not been updated about this change and will give incorrect information unintentionally. The George Municipality load shedding schedule remains accurate and reliable.*
*The latest load shedding schedule for Uniondale is as follows:*
Monday 06/03/2023
19:00 – 21:30
Tuesday 07/03/2023
03:00 – 05:30
11:00 – 13:30
19:00 – 21:30
Wednesday 08/03/2023
03:00 – 05:30
11:00 – 13:30
19:00 – 21:30
Thursday 09/03/2023
01:00 – 03:30
09:00 – 11:30
17:00 – 19:30
Friday 10/03/2023
01:00 – 03:30
09:00 – 11:30
17:00 – 19:30
SWITCHING ON AFTER LOADSHEDDING – Not all areas will be switched back on at the same time!
Residents of George must please note that with the extended load-shedding, our Electrotechnical Directorate is no longer able to switch the entire city back on at the same time. Our daily notifiable demand from ESKOM has historically been set at 85MVA and on average George would use between 60 and 80MVA, although the municipality must pay ESKOM for 85MVA.
If the power is returned simultaneously to all areas when load-shedding ends, this creates a massive spike or surge in power with all geysers, freezers/fridges/batteries etc drawing power at the same time. With the extended four-hour load-shedding, the spikes for George are consistently reaching 105 – 112 MVA.
Areas will be switched on in sections, on rotation after Load-shedding.
Eskom has indicated that unless George can reduce the spikes, they will increase our notifiable demand to the highest actual usage level which will in turn increase the purchase cost to the municipality. Consumers are requested to use electricity very sparingly when power returns after load-shedding (especially a 4-hour slot).
The municipality will now in rotation, switch the power on in sections. This means if for example the load-shedding slot is scheduled from 20h00 – 22h30, there is a chance that your area may only come on at 22h45 or 23h00.
Please do not switch high-usage equipment on immediately after Load-shedding.
Consumers are therefore urged to turn off high-usage equipment and where possible to not switch on appliances such as stoves and kettles for at least 30 minutes after load shedding. This will reduce the risk of overload tripping on the network and reduce our current high MVA spikes.
Reporting power outages
Please do not phone the After hours number or the Electrotechnical Department to report that you have no power immediately after Loadshedding is scheduled to be lifted. Please be aware of the rotational switching on, and wait at least 30 minutes before reporting no power. The directorate will be aware if there has been a possible substation trip that needs to be sorted out.
Issued by George Municipal Communications Department
Office of the Municipal Manager
UNIONDALE NOW USES MISGUND LOAD-SHEDDING SCHEDULE TEMPORARILY
UNIONDALE NOW USES MISGUND LOAD-SHEDDING SCHEDULE TEMPORARILY
As of 3 March 2023, Eskom is feeding Uniondale power supply from a different region.
Uniondale’s load-shedding schedule now falls under Misgund. We advise consumers to consider the George Municipal issued load shedding schedules as the correct version.
According to Eskom, this is a temporary arrangement which should only last approximately a week.
The load shedding Applications (Apps) that are in circulation may have not been updated about this change and will give incorrect information unintentionally. The George Municipality load-shedding schedule remains accurate and reliable.
The latest load-shedding schedule for Uniondale is as follows:
Monday 06/03/2023
03:00 – 05:30
11:00 – 13:30
19:00 – 21:30
Tuesday 07/03/2023
03:00 – 05:30
11:00 – 13:30
19:00 – 21:30
Wednesday 08/03/2023
03:00 – 05:30
11:00 – 13:30
19:00 – 21:30
Thursday 09/03/2023
01:00 – 03:30
09:00 – 11:30
17:00 – 19:30
Friday 10/03/2023
01:00 – 03:30
17:00 – 19:30
Issued by George Municipality
5 March 2023
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UNIONDALE GEBRUIK MISGUND BEURTKRAG-SKEDULE TYDELIK
Vanaf 3 Maart 2023 voer Eskom Uniondale kragtoevoer uit ‘n ander streek.
Uniondale se beurtkrag-skedule val nou onder Misgund. Ons raai verbruikers aan om die George Munisipale uitgereikte beurtkragskedules as die korrekte weergawe te oorweeg.
Volgens Eskom is dit ‘n tydelike reëling wat net ongeveer ‘n week behoort te duur.
Die beurtkrag-toepassings (toepassings) wat in omloop is, is moontlik nie oor hierdie verandering opgedateer nie en sal onbedoeld verkeerde inligting verskaf. Die George-munisipaliteit se beurtkragskedule bly akkuraat en betroubaar.
Die jongste beurtkragskedule vir Uniondale is soos volg:
Maandag 06/03/2023
03:00 – 05:30
11:00 – 13:30
19:00 – 21:30
Dinsdag 07/03/2023
03:00 – 05:30
11:00 – 13:30
19:00 – 21:30
Woensdag 08/03/2023
03:00 – 05:30
11:00 – 13:30
19:00 – 21:30
Donderdag 09/03/2023
01:00 – 03:30
09:00 – 11:30
17:00 – 19:30
Vrydag 10/03/2023
01:00 – 03:30
17:00 – 19:30
Uitgereik deur George Munisipaliteit
5 Maart 2023
Public Notice: Important prepaid meter software update (TID Rollover) – Phase 2
REMINDER: IMPORTANT PREPAID METER SOFTWARE UPDATE (TID Rollover) – Phase 2 will receive a Token to amend software
Issued George Municipality, 9 May 2023
The George Municipality has embarked on a pre-paid electricity metering software update for its approximately 50 000 prepaid consumers quite a while back. The current software will expire in November 2024. This will not only impact George consumers but ALL prepaid meters throughout South Africa. If your meter is not updated before the deadline, you will not be able to recharge your prepaid meter with the new tokens and therefore will not have power.
70% of George Software Updates Completed
George Municipality has already successfully implemented the software update on close to 70% of its prepaid meter base, through the work done by field staff and contractors on-site while doing a meter change, site inspection, and Amp limit roll-out. These teams will continue to go out weekly to do site inspections and Amp limit roll-out.
Final 30% software update will be done by receipt of an extra token
To expedite the software update (TID roll-over) and in order to ensure no consumer is placed at risk of having a non-working meter, the municipality will implement the next phase – key change process – of its TID roll-over implementation plan from March 2023 with the issue of a separate, extra token when you make your next purchase.
Key Change Token
If you do receive a KEY CHANGE Token with your first purchase in March the following is VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE BEFORE you insert the key change:
- IMPORTANT – DON’T FORGET TO INSERT ALL old or unused tokens BEFORE you enter the KEY CHANGE token and ONLY then INSERT the newly bought token,
- The meter will NOT accept your old or unused tokens, once you enter the key change token and no reimbursement can be made on these tokens.
- The meter will not accept your newly bought token, until the key change token has been inserted.
Verification or Queries – If you receive an extra token and you are unsure what to do?
Customers may phone the George Municipality on 044 801 9222 or Ontec on 044 873 5474 for verification, for response to queries OR to request that their software is addressed. Please note that all municipal and/or Ontec officials carry identification cards with a photograph and their ID number as well as a copy of a verification letter explaining the purpose for their visit.
For more information on the TID Rollover (software update) please visit the George Municipality’s website to view frequently asked questions (FAQ):
https://www.george.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/TID-ROLLOVER-FAQ-MvH-Afrikaans-1.pdf
https://www.george.gov.za/george-doc-categories/documents/media-documents/other-publications/page/2/
TOKEN IDENTIFIER (TID) ROLLOVER https://www.sts.org.za/tid-rollover SOURCE
The Token Identifier is a 24-bit field, contained in STS compliant tokens, that identifies the date and time of the token generation. It is used to determine if a token has already been used in a payment meter. The TID represents the minutes elapsed since the 1st of January 1993. The incrementing of the 24-bit field means that at some point in time, the TID value will roll over to a zero value.
All STS prepayment meters will be affected by TID roll over on the 24/11/2024. Any tokens generated after this date and utilizing the 24bit TID will be rejected by the meters as being old tokens as the TID value embedded in the token will have reset back to 0.
VEHICLE ACCIDENT AT OUTENIQUA PASS, PLEASE DRIVE CAUTIOUSLY
A minibus overturned at the Outeniqua Pass, and the driver and passenger sustained injuries. Motorists are requested to drive cautiously.
Issued by George Municipality
5 March 2023 @16:20