Wilderness folk and electrotechnical department a powerful match George Municipality supplied Wilderness from a feeder that comes from its substation at the Garden Route Mall, roughly 15km from Wilderness' CBD. Journalist Thursday, 13 May 2021, 09:05 The problem was identified last Saturday afternoon as a fault on a 66kV Eskom line that feeds the Wilderness substation. Update GEORGE NEWS - A faulty Eskom power line would have left Wilderness and surrounds completely without electricity last weekend were it not for the ongoing problem-solving of a municipal electrotechnical team and the cooperation of Wilderness residents. Issues with the power became apparent on Saturday morning, and the problem was identified by the afternoon as a fault on a 66kV Eskom line that feeds the Wilderness substation.