A network trip left Midwest homes and businesses without power just before 5am, with backup generators supporting the area experiencing a separate fault.
Help keep family & friends informed by sharing this articleAuthorities say a network trip left around 24,000 Midwest homes and businesses without power in what is being described as the region's worst outage since Cyclone Seroja.Western Power labelled the cause a network faultResidents in Geraldton and surrounding areas woke to confusion, bad instant coffee, and traffic chaos following this morning's blackout.
The power plunge forced the Geraldton Magistrates Court to delay proceedings, other businesses did not open, and medical and childcare services were affected. "It's absolutely frustrating and not only that, it's costly. It's costing people their livelihoods, we need certainty in power," she said.Geraldton residents lined up at coffee trucks during the outage."It felt like we were straight back to the times of [Cyclone] Seroja actually," she said."Since [Cyclone] Seroja this is definitely the largest outage our area has seen," he 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."Telstra general regional manager Boyd Brown said telecommunications were disrupted during the outage.
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