45 High Voltage Cables Out Of 64 Repaired By Enemalta As 24/7 Response Continues
Enemalta’s technical teams have successfully repaired a total of 45 high voltage cables out of the 64 which were damaged as a result of the ongoing heatwave.
Some ten thousand hours of work have already been dedicated to the complex works involved in repairing these cables, as repairs continue on Monday morning.
On Sunday night, Enemalta engineers and technicians were also dispatched to another five high voltage network difficulties registered during the same night, to restore electricity supply to the affected customers and launch required repairs.
In most of these outages, the impacted areas were re-energised through alternative cable connections in less than three hours.
In parts of Dingli, the electricity supply could not be restored before the required repairs were completed during the same night. In parts of Żejtun, electricity supply was restored through a standby power generating system.
Another localised area in this locality will be reconnected to the grid as soon as ongoing repairs are completed.
During one of Sunday night’s faults, a cable termination fault in a substation let out some smoke. The cable’s protection systems immediately isolated the faulty section of the cable, to avoid further damage to the substation. No other equipment besides the cable termination was damaged during this incident. Enemalta engineers arrived on site within 15 minutes of the incident, along with Civil Protection Department firefighters.
As soon as the fault was identified, substations connected to the same circuit which could be safely re-energised, were switched on again. Meanwhile, repairs of the faulty termination were launched immediately, and electricity supply to the remaining areas was restored during the same night.
Other technicians are working to help customers affected by other network difficulties in the low voltage system, the network distributing electricity from substations to customers’ properties. Such faults may affect individual customers or very small areas, such as part of a street.
Engineer Steve Farrugia, Enemalta’s Executive Director of Distribution, said that during the last week, Enemalta technical teams repaired many faults which were registered in the distribution system.
“With additional resources, we are trying to complete as many repairs as possible to restore the network’s flexibility and resilience in the shortest time possible. Works will continue at all times of day and night until all faults are repaired.”
Customers experiencing such difficulties can inform Enemalta by calling the company’s customer care team on 8007 2224 or by calling the Servizz.Gov Helpline 153.
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