More than 20,000 homes in city's south-east in dark after power outage By Ebony Bowden
12 February 2018 — 8:55am
More than 20,000 homes in Melbourne's south-east have lost power in the third mass outage in Victoria in recent weeks.
Thousands of homes in Boronia, Ferntree Gully, Knoxfield and Wantirna were affected just before midnight on Sunday after a fault at Boronia substation...
Almost 7000 Victorian homes were left without power as the electricity network buckled again under scorching heat last Wednesday when the mercury reached 38 degrees.
Thousands of homes were left without electricity and air-conditioning in Melbourne's northern suburbs, with 3200 power outages recorded in Coburg alone by energy provider Jemena at 10pm...
In the worst blackout, 41,000 homes were plunged into darkness across the state on January 28, with some residents enduring a 15-hour blackout.
On January 29, 20,000 homes in areas including Brighton, Northcote, Chadstone, Mordialloc, Ocean Grove and Dandenong remained without power.
After tossing and turning throughout the night, many residents were throwing out a fridge-load of spoiled food come Monday morning...
