Power outage that impacted 3500 customers caused by a network fault

The impacted area. Map: Essential Energy

Susanna Freymark

Updated Saturday, December 20 at 7am

Essential Energy said a power outage affecting about 3710 customers in Kyogle and the surrounding area occurred on Friday, December 19 at 7:45pm due to a fault on the network.

Crews repaired the fault and power was restored just after midnight.

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More than 3700 Essential Energy customers are without power in Kyogle and an extensive area around Kyogle, as far north as Cougal and Dairy Flat.

The outage happened at about 7.45pm today, Friday, December 19 according to Essential Energy’s website here.

Essential Energy said damaged equipment has caused the outage.

IndyNR.com has asked for more details and a likely time power will be restored and we’ll publish those as soon as they come in.

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