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Darwin-Katherine blackout caused by gas pipeline fault, NT Government utility says – ABC News
The widespread blackout reached as far south as Katherine and west to Dundee, distressing emergency services, shutting businesses, grid-locking traffic and forcing…
The Northern Territory’s Government-owned electricity provider says yesterday’s generator glitch on Channel Island resulted in up to 60 per cent of customers in the Darwin-Katherine system losing power.
Key points:
- Most customers were back online within two hours, and the system was restored in four hours
- Power and Water says a full review will be conducted into the blackout
- The outage affected Darwin, Palmerston, Berry Springs, Katherine and the Cox Peninsula.
With temperatures hovering around the…
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