More than 300 AusNet crews have been working throughout Sunday night and into Monday to restore electricity to customers who were left without power as a result of extremely damaging winds overnight. Since the weather front passed through our network, we’ve restored power for over 95,000 customers, with approximately 83,000 still remaining.
Significant damage has hit our network, with towns without power including Moe, Warragul, Hampton Park, Lilydale, Drouin, Traralgon, Mt Evelyn, Narre Warren, and Wangaratta.
Crews continue to assess damage to our network infrastructure, which includes downed powerlines, damage to switches and poles as a result of fallen trees and branches.
Two helicopters are assisting ground crews with inspections in Gippsland.
We anticipate that some customers will remain without power into Monday night, and potentially for a number of days. We apologise for the inconvenience and assure the community we are doing everything we can to restore power as quickly and safely as possible.
We will update estimated restoration times on our Outage Tracker once damage assessments have been completed.
To check on current outages, please visit https://www.outagetracker.com.au.
We urge people to keep away from any fallen or damaged powerlines and assume any wires are live.
Report new faults and emergencies online www.ausnetservices.com.au/outages/report-a-fault or on 13 17 99.