The company, which operates pole and wires across Victoria, will make the extra payment after its outage tracker crashed during wild storms that left 250,000 of its customers without power. The ...

Paul Lane, regional manager of electricity distributor SP Ausnet, told the Black Saturday royal commission he had no knowledge of any steps his company was taking to further minimise bushfire risks, ...

Power companies must respond to outages caused by extreme weather events. Having accurate predictions concerning the severity of impending storms can ensure companies are prepared with the right ...

With thousands of homes and businesses still without power and the AusNet outage site ‘overwhelmed’ with demand for answers, here’s what happened. No. This was a freak event brought about by wild ...

But it isn’t the lingering heat of a sweltering day that’s keeping Kevin Lied up at night. The Longwood East resident is one of hundreds of central Victorians frustrated with frequent power outages.

No. This was a freak event brought about by wild weather that forecasters had not expected to be so destructive. Loy Yang is Victoria’s largest electricity generator, and its Loy Yang A went offline ...