Whangamatā outage

11am update - Final, power restored

Power was restored about 10.40am to more than 5,000 customers who lost supply in and around Whangamatā just after midnight.

“I’d like to personally thank our customers in eastern Coromandel for their patience and understanding as our crews worked to find the fault and then make repairs and restore supply,” Powerco Head of Network Operations, Caz Haydon says.

Broken equipment caused the fault on the 33kV power line that supplies Whangamatā and surrounding areas from Waihi just after midnight during wet and windy weather.

The battery energy story system (BESS) generator on the outskirts of Whangamatā supplied Whangamatā’s central business district during the outage. 

Powerco field crews are patrolling the main 33kV power line that supplies Whangamatā and surrounding areas for a fault that cut power to cut power to more than 5,000 customers at 12.03am today.

The battery energy story system (BESS) generator on the outskirts of Whangamatā is currently supplying Whangamatā’s central business district. 

Weather permitting, a helicopter will be used from first light to pinpoint the fault.

Powerco thanks customers for their patience and understanding as crews work as quickly and safely as possible to restore supply.