The power utility says they will implement load reduction to this district as well as to the Thabo Mofutsanyana District during morning peak hours in efforts to avoid overloading its network and causing damage to its infrastructure. 

The power utility issued notices to the Free State, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo and Gauteng. The notices come less than a week after OFM News reported on how residents in Free State districts had to brace themselves for electricity supply interruptions due to restrictions.

The notices also come just weeks after the power utility called on municipalities to pay for its services, stating that the R31.5 billion owed to it as at the end of August continues to affect its operation. Of this amount, Free State municipalities collectively owe the power utility over R12 billion, making it the province with the highest debt and one with the highest number of defaulting municipalities.

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