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Essential Energy crews have made significant progress restoring power across the Mid North Coast and Northern Rivers today, Thursday, November 12, after the severe storms that caused widespread damage to the electricity network yesterday evening Wednesday, November 11.
The storms caused outages affecting more than 9000 customers at their peak, with crews working throughout the night and today to repair damage and restore power to communities.
Since the storms hit, crews have responded to more than 180 storm related callouts with some locations requiring multiple repairs.
As of 4pm, about 810 customers remain without power – with 110 of those in the Northern Rivers. There are 700 still without power in the Port Macquarie Hastings region.
The restoration effort has involved removing a large number of fallen trees and vegetation from the network, reattaching fallen powerlines and repairing or replacing damaged equipment, including service lines, crossarms and transformers.
Vegetation crews and contractors with large machinery have also been deployed to support the response, alongside Essential Energy field crews from across the North Coast.
A small number of customers are expected to remain without power overnight while crews complete repairs.
Essential Energy is reminding communities to remain vigilant, with further severe weather forecast across the Northern Rivers this evening.
If you see fallen powerlines, please report the location to Essential Energy on 13 20 80 or via the Report a Fault form on the Essential Energy website. If you’re a life support customer and require assistance, please call 000.