{"id":124904,"date":"2016-06-15T11:35:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T09:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/124904\/colder-temperatures-mean-more-power-cuts\/"},"modified":"2016-06-15T09:21:58","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T07:21:58","slug":"colder-temperatures-mean-more-power-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/06\/15\/colder-temperatures-mean-more-power-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Colder temperatures mean more power cuts, metro increases staff to help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The increased demand for heating sources to keep warm as the winter temperatures drop is placing pressure on the electricity network.<\/p>\n<p>The metro has increased the number of personnel on standby to timeously attend to the supply failures that are mainly caused by the high power demand during cold periods.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The additional personnel will be on standby throughout the winter season to ensure a timeous response to supply interruptions.<\/p>\n<p>Customers are encouraged to log any service interruptions through the municipal call centre on 086 054 3000 and ensure they receive a reference number for follow-up purposes.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/124822\/reduce-your-electricity-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\">Reduce your electricity bill by wearing a beanie and gloves in your home, says metro<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/124504\/infrastructure-fails-in-elspark\/\" target=\"_blank\">Infrastructure fails in Elspark<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='934c6b6cc06fb9da996d455a89594f31'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An increase in the use of heating sources will result in power outages, says metro.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":124910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[509,8515,2],"tags":[1003,1373,969,2734,1002,1004,4320,11356,4319],"class_list":["post-124904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editors-note","category-local-municipal-news","category-news-headlines","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-electricity","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-melissa-hart","tag-metro","tag-municipality","tag-power","tag-power-cuts","tag-power-outages"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Municipal"},"tag_labels":["Ekurhuleni","electricity","germiston city news","melissa hart","metro","municipality","power","power cuts","power outages"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}