How a country of 10 million people was left without power

How a country of 10 million people was left without power

The entire population of Cuba was plunged into a countrywide blackout on Friday. But how did it get to this point?

  • byDave Sherwood

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True cost of February storms was $770m and 1 million homes without power

True cost of February storms was $770m and 1 million homes without power

Power companies will have to pay consumers if they go three days without power,a review has recommended

  • byKieran Rooney
Three months to back up the grid as risk of summer blackouts ramps up

Three months to back up the grid as risk of summer blackouts ramps up

The grid operator found that delays to key energy projects could cause power outages during a summer heatwave on the eastern seaboard.

  • byMike Foley
How Victorian power companies could be forced to pay you for blackouts

How Victorian power companies could be forced to pay you for blackouts

A review into storms that cut power to 530,000 homes has called for energy distributors – not governments – to compensate customers who lose power.

  • byKieran Rooney
Power blackout causes chaos in Perth CBD as people stuck in lifts

Power blackout causes chaos in Perth CBD as people stuck in lifts

WAtoday understands Department of Fire and Emergency Services officers are responding to at least four callouts for people stuck in lifts.

  • byHamish Hastie
Humid weather causes power blackout in Perth’s northern suburbs
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Humid weather causes power blackout in Perth’s northern suburbs

About 13,000 homes in Perth’s north remain without power on Monday afternoon due to rain and humid weather damaging around 70 power poles.

  • byHeather McNeill
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Hills of discontent as communities remain blacked out a week after storm

Hills of discontent as communities remain blacked out a week after storm

Dandenong Ranges residents are losing patience with the most prolonged power outage in memory as businesses lose money and families are left without internet or hot showers.

  • byBenjamin Preiss
75,000 lightning strikes,mass train chaos:Sydney hit by storms
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75,000 lightning strikes,mass train chaos:Sydney hit by storms

Tens of thousands of homes and businesses were left without power and four people were hospitalised after being struck by lightning.

  • byAnthony Segaert andJessica McSweeney
When everyone else lost power,Kate’s stayed on. Here’s why

When everyone else lost power,Kate’s stayed on. Here’s why

Many communities and individuals have opted to take matters into their own hands,investing in solar panels on rooftops,household batteries,and electric vehicles could be used to power the grid.

  • byLaura Chung
Hundreds of Victorian transmission towers are rusty and at risk of damage

Hundreds of Victorian transmission towers are rusty and at risk of damage

Almost one-in-seven of Victoria’s 13,000 electricity transmission towers have patchy or extensive rust,with experts warning the network is vulnerable to extreme weather.

  • byJosh Gordon,Kieran Rooney andBroede Carmody
Dozens of homes razed,50,000 still without power after wild storms

Dozens of homes razed,50,000 still without power after wild storms

Twenty-four homes were destroyed by a bushfire in Pomonal and another was razed further north at Dadswells Bridge.

  • byLachlan Abbott,Clay Lucas,David Swan andBroede Carmody