A third-party connection to the South Australian power grid is being blamed for causing lights to flicker and dim across the state for hours this morning.
ElectraNet has confirmed a third party connecting to the power grid was the source of the problemEnergy distributor ElectraNet said the unnamed "third-party" connected to the grid in South Australia's north about 1:30am causing a "voltage issue".
There have been widespread reports of house and street lights flickering across the state as a result. ElectraNet said it worked with the Australian Energy Market Operator to identify the cause and the third party was disconnected from the network.Premier Peter Malinauskas said ElectraNet controls the transmission lines from power stations to localised networks.
"The transmission lines issue sits with ElectraNet and apparently there's a frequency issue there with one of their feeders," he said.
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