MULTIPLE homes in and around the King Valley were made to sweat through Monday night as power was lost for more than 12 hours.
According to AusNet’s power outage tracker, more than 650 homes across the rural city were without power as of 10:30am Tuesday, with 476 properties impacted in the King Valley.
Places impacted by the outage at the Greta Road power substation included Cheshunt, Rose River, Whitfield, King Valley, Edi, Edi Upper, Cheshunt South.
Power was reported lost at the site around 10:40pm on Monday and was not expected to be restored until 4:14pm.
At around 1pm, all but four of the properties impacted by the outage had their power restored.
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An AusNet spokesperson said AusNet deployed a helicopter on Tuesday morning in an attempt to identify the cause of the outage.
“Crews patrolled through the night and couldn’t find the cause,” they said.
“No cause has been found yet [as of 12:30pm].
“We apologise for the inconvenience.”
Another outage was reported around 8:47am Tuesday morning and affected 139 properties in the North Wangaratta, Boorhaman, Killawarra and Peechelba area.
A small outage affecting 43 properties in Meadow Creek, Bobinawarrah and Carboor was reported around 9am.
Both outages were also under investigation according to AusNet and were restored around 1pm.
According to the Bureau of Meteorology, maximum temperatures were expected to reach 39 degrees on Tuesday with a chance of a thunderstorm late in the afternoon and evening.
You can report new power faults and emergencies online www.ausnetservices.com.au/outages/report-a-fault or on 13 17 99.
