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DANA MORSE, REPORTER: The lights may be on, but residents of Broken Hill still feel in the dark.RUSSELL MILLER, MINING CONTRACTOR: If we had a pretty emotive picture of a flood or a fire, people would care more.It's been a fortnight since the outage halted operations, and he was stood down without pay.
RUSSELL MILLER: There are 600 other workers who are being stood down through no fault of their own because a national supplier of energy can't do their job property.TOM KENNEDY, BROKEN HILL MAYOR: Look, the mines are a big part of Broken Hill economy. So, they could be losing as much as $1.5 million per day, or $1.5 million per day that's not going into the Broken Hill economy.
MARIE JORDAN: When we take a look at the generation we have on site and look at probability of things occurring, we try and make the best call and the right call for the cost to the consumers.MARIE JORDAN: Right now, we're focused on emergency operations and repair. We want to get the secure solution in to support the generators.
DANA MORSE: Jonathan Coppel works for the New South Wales regulator and has been meeting with key parties.
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