Western Power

A network trip left Midwest homes and businesses without power just before 5am, with backup generators supporting the area experiencing a separate fault.

Western Power crews worked to re-energise Geraldton and surrounds via separate feeder lines." It's costing people their livelihoods, we need certainty in power," she said. "A lot of businesses had to choose between trying to open for day not knowing the restoration was going to occur, so a lot of them chose to close." "I'm grateful for the blessings we do have but this power issue is a great inconvenience to the patients and it's a loss to my business, too, because I've still got to pay my staff." "It felt like we were straight back to the times of [Cyclone] Seroja actually," she said. "This morning was another example of the frailty of our infrastructure."