The entire population of Cuba was plunged into a countrywide blackout on Friday. But how did it get to this point?
Power companies will have to pay consumers if they go three days without power,a review has recommended
The grid operator found that delays to key energy projects could cause power outages during a summer heatwave on the eastern seaboard.
A review into storms that cut power to 530,000 homes has called for energy distributors – not governments – to compensate customers who lose power.
WAtoday understands Department of Fire and Emergency Services officers are responding to at least four callouts for people stuck in lifts.
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.
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.
Tens of thousands of homes and businesses were left without power and four people were hospitalised after being struck by lightning.
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.
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.
Twenty-four homes were destroyed by a bushfire in Pomonal and another was razed further north at Dadswells Bridge.