City Power Johannesburg (or Joburg City Power) is a state owned power utility, wholly owned by the City of Johannesburg. Its responsibilities include buying electricity from power producers and supplying it to the public, and installing and maintaining the electrical infrastructure in the city of Johannesburg. It supplies electricity to 3.2 million people in the Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Area. History Joburg City Power was established as a separate company from the City of Johannesburg on 1 January 2000. On the 19th December 2001, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA), granted City Power a licence to trade. It took over the electricity distribution functions from Eskom, which was previously responsible for supplying electricity to most parts of Johannesburg. Load shedding City Power currently obtains 90% of its power from Eskom and 10% from the Kelvin Power Station. In 2021, it resolved to be an electricity generator to "reduce over-reliance on Eskom". In 2023, the City of Johannesburg along with City Power aimed to cut load shedding in Johannesburg by 3 stages through the use of smart meters and the recommissioning of two existing open cycle gas turbines. It also sought to secure power on a long-term basis from independent power producers. Revenue recuperation City Power has endeavoured to collect R8.9 billion owed by businesses and households. It did this by first giving notices of disconnecting the power of delinquent parties and compelling them to pay. The Apartheid Museum was one of the disconnected clients, with it owing R1.8 million. See also Johannesburg City Parks References Government of Johannesburg