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POWER has been restored to most South Australian homes after a widespread blackout put thousands into darkness, when the state lost electricity supply from Victoria.
A spokesman for SA Power Networks said the state lost supply from “upstream” when the interconnector shut down, triggering an automatic loss of power – load shedding – in SA, resulting widespread outages.
Most of the homes affected by the load shedding from Victoria now have power back on.
Across Adelaide, Homes from Sellicks Beach up to Nuriootpa, the Barossa and Angaston, to Elizabeth and further north to Munno Para West, and east to Belair all lost power, and many more in between.
The outage also hit the Eyre Peninsula, with Cowell, Lucky Bay, Mangalo and more losing power.
The spokesman said that as far as SA Power Networks knew, it wasn’t a planned event.
On its Facebook page, SA Power Networks said it had “been advised the interconnecter was available again and we are gradually restoring power”.
“SA Power Networks does not generate electricity, we are reliant on upstream supply.
“In this case, the loss of capacity from Victoria resulted in automatic load shedding to avoid wider issues.
“Supply from Victoria is part of the mix of generation sources that meet our electricity needs.”
SA Power Networks said SA lost electricity supply from the Victorian interconnecter, with
“We apologise for the inconvenience and will restore supply as soon as possible,” a statement said.
The SA Power Networks website says the blackout was a “direction by the energy regulator to commence rotational load shedding”.
According to the Australian Energy Market Operator, SA experienced a “separation event” and was separated from the national electricity market.
Many people have hit Twitter to report the blackout.
Courtesy of theaustralian.com.au
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