The Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber says its very concerned over the ongoing strike taking place in the metro's electricity directorate.
The illegal strike which began last week, is said to be putting considerable strain on services and has caused delays in electrical problems being fixed.
Algoa FM News has also received reports of power interruptions in at least 12 different residential areas from Seaview, to the Northern Areas of Port Elizabeth as well as Rocklands and other parts of Uitenhage.
Some residents have been without power since Saturday and power faults are also not being attended to.
The CEO of the Business Chamber, Kevin Hustler says the strike is also affecting business specifically low voltage consumers in the commercial and retail sector.
He says its also a concern that this seems to be escalating particularly in residential areas.
"It is mainly affecting low voltage consumers in the commercial and retail sector-not any heavy industrial or manufacturing operations have been affected at this point, as far as we are awar. We are very concerned about this as the matter seems to be escalating, with large residential suburbs being impacted on. I am sure if it is not contained it could spread even further" he said.
Meanwhile, Metro spokesperson Mthubanzi Mniki said that the situation would remain unchanged until a resolution is found between workers and management.
The Democratic Alliance issued a statement on Wednesday stating that the matter has now escalated to the level where the municipality is essentially being held to ransom by those employees who are affected by the Executive Mayor's decision to scrap their scarce skills allowance to ensure a cash-backed budget.
