SYDNEY: Electricity supplies in Australia's most populous state, including its largest city Sydney, were under threat on Saturday (Jan 4) after bushfires took out two substations with authorities warning of rolling blackouts if conditions worsen.
The blazes have raged across New South Wales, and they brought down transmission lines in the state's south connecting with neighbouring Victoria, state energy minister Matt Kean tweeted.
"It is no longer operating as a single national electricity market and that has compromised the availability of energy to New South Wales," Italiano told national broadcaster ABC.
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