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10:45am update: power outages Melbourne’s south east and Mornington Peninsula
As at 10.45am Saturday, 30 October 2021 United Energy crews are continuing to repair damaged poles and wires, and restore power to customers following Friday’s severe weather. There are now about 24,700 customers remaining without power across the network – down... read moreUpdate: Power outages across Melbourne’s South Eastern Suburbs and the Mornington Peninsula
Update – as at 3pm, Friday 29 October 2021 Over the past 24 hours, United Energy crews have restored power to more than 100,000 homes and businesses after overnight storms caused extensive damage to power poles and wires across widespread areas. There remain... read moreUpdate on power outages across Melbourne’s south eastern suburbs and the Mornington Peninsula
Update on power outages across Melbourne’s south eastern suburbs and the Mornington Peninsula As at 11am Friday, 29 October 2021 United Energy crews are working to restore power to more than 140,000 homes and businesses as extreme winds continue to cause extensive... read moreScouting future community battery sites across the South East and the Peninsula
Electricity distributor United Energy will explore opportunities to locate community batteries across parts of Bayside, Mornington Peninsula and Manningham local government areas and other eastern and south-eastern municipalities as part of a new study being funded by... read moreMelbourne to host Australia’s largest community battery rollout
Australia’s largest rollout of community-based batteries supporting highly targeted and localized needs will commence later this year in United Energy’s network across Melbourne’s east, south east and the Mornington Peninsula. When complete, the fleet of batteries... read moreCritical works to continue through latest lockdown
UPDATE: 6 August, 2021 We’ve had some questions about why we are continuing to conduct planned outages during Victoria’s lockdown due to the latest COVID-19 outbreak. We understand many of our customers are working or studying from home. In response, we’re reviewing... read moreUpdate on power outages across Melbourne’s south eastern suburbs and the Mornington Peninsula
As at 4pm United Energy crews have restored power to more than 80,000 homes and businesses following last night’s severe windstorms, however customers are being advised that some areas may not have power restored for a number of days. Extra crews have been mobilised... read moreMelbourne’s south-east urged to prepare for power outages ahead of winds
Householders are being urged to prepare for potential power outages with strong winds expected to
hit Melbourne’s south-east and the Mornington Peninsula tonight and into tomorrow.
Weather forecasts are predicting wind extreme gusts approaching 100km/h in the United Energy
network area, with the worst of the weather expected to hit overnight Wednesday and into Thursday
morning.
