The Mayor of Kirkop, Mario Salerno, has called on residents of Kirkop who suffered damages as a result of the blackout over the weekend to contact the council for assistance in the filing of a claim for compensation.
Mr Salerno said such claims were being made "as a consequence of a lack of service to consumers."
A fire at an electricity distribution centre in Ħal Far early on Saturday morning left thousands of households without a constant flow of electricity for nearly two days in the south of the island.
Żurrieq, Safi, Kirkop, Mqabba and Ħal Far suffered power cuts following a fire in the distribution centre which damaged an 11 KV switchgear that feeds the affected areas.
Some areas were without electricity overnight between Saturday and Sunday.
A resident of Kirkop, Charmaine Busuttil, said in a comment to timesofmalta.com that she had no electricity for almost 24 hours.
"We had to throw away all the food stored in freezers and refridgerators. Some other people who are sick and the elderly had to endure 24 hours without cooling systems. Is Enemalta going to compensate us for all these damages?"
According to information given in Parliament, Enemalta last year paid almost double what it handed out in compensation in 2008 to clients who suffered damages as a result of surges and power cuts.
The corporation paid consumers €65,092 for 151 compensation claims. It had received 258 claims but 107 were unfounded as Enemalta was not to blame.
The compensation paid in 2009 was almost double the €33,734 paid a year earlier. The corporation paid nearly €44,000 in compensation in 2007 and €31,400 in 2006.
Last year, localities across Malta and Gozo spent a total of 2,350 hours without power.
There were 456 instances when power had to be suspended in order to carry out works.
This amounted to nearly 1,400 hours. Moreover, Enemalta employees had to tend to 252 faults, which exceeded 900 hours in outages.
The compensation paid out last year covered surges and power cuts in over 50 localities. The locality with the largest number of claims was Siġġiewi, with 25 applications in relation to a power surge that took place last March 11.
A surge in Sliema on May 4 led to 16 claims for compensation and 10 claims were filed after a surge on June 2 in Xgħajra.
In May, Finance Minister Tonio Fenech said Enemalta had, since January, received 57 requests for compensation for damages caused by high voltage and four requests for compensation for power cuts .
He said that all claims were investigated and where justified, the corporation requested the relevant receipts.