Victorian energy supply – 4pm update

The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) can confirm that 271,593 properties across Victoria remain without electricity, down from 518,000 this morning, due to strong winds and heavy rainfall overnight and today.

Throughout the day, network crews continued to endure challenging weather conditions. This is adding to the existing risk of working near falling trees, and unblocking roads to repair damaged powerlines and critical energy infrastructure.

Despite restoring power supply to more than 246,407 homes and businesses today, it is expected some properties will be without power into the weekend and potentially early next week.

Victorians travelling this weekend should consider their plans to visit areas of significant storm damage, flooding and electricity outages.

Victoria’s electricity distribution businesses have provided the following outage numbers:

AEMO, as the national power system operator, will continue to provide media with a state-wide overview of the situation on behalf of the Victorian electricity supply industry, until conditions improve.

Media requests for high level, summary information about the electricity supply disruption, or interviews, should be directed to AEMO at this stage.

Media inquiries regarding specific power outages or areas affected should be directed to the appropriate electricity distribution business listed below.

ENDS…

For more information, AEMO Media: 0409 382 121, media@aemo.com.au  or Twitter (@AEMO_energy)

For region or area-specific media enquiries, please contact: