Western Power Probes Cause of Major Great Southern Outage Affecting Over 25,000 Customers

Western Power crews worked Thursday to restore electricity to more than 25,000 customers across Western Australia's Great Southern region after a widespread outage plunged homes, businesses and communities into darkness along nearly 300 kilometers of the south coast. The utility reported 25,529 customers without power as the outage hit Thursday morning. The disruption affected a vast stretch from areas near Albany eastward and westward along the south coast, impacting towns and rural properties. Western Power stated that an investigation into the root cause is underway, noting the scale suggests involvement of major transmission or distribution infrastructure rather than a localized fault.