Victorian Energy Minister Lily D’Ambrosio described it as “one of the largest outage events in the state’s history” after a storms flattened transmission towers and knocked out the state’s largest power station.
Almost half a million homes were still without electricity late on Tuesday after extreme weather flattened transmission towers, brought down lines and knocked out Victoria’s largest power station.
“Given the extent of the widespread damage, it may take days if not weeks to restore electricity to all of those impacted,” DEECA said on X.At 9pm on Tuesday, more than 470,000 customers were still without power across the state, the department said – down from the day’s peak outages of more than 530,000., an out-of-control bushfire in the Grampians National Park in the state’s west had reached the town of Pomonal, emergency services said.
The spot price of electricity in the state then soared above $16,000 per megawatt hour – at the same time it was $93 per megawatt hour in NSW – as Victoria was forced to import from other states. Companies including AusNet, Powercor and Jemena were still assessing the damage on Tuesday night and trying to restore electricity.
AGL expected three units to be brought back progressively on Tuesday night, with one unit to remain offline. “Crews are actively working to restore power to these impacted areas, clearing vegetation to make the areas safe before replacing poles and mending fallen powerlines.”
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