SYDNEY – The entire state of South Australia has lost electricity after severe winds and storms lashed the region, according to SA Power Networks.
Australia’s fourth-largest state by area is currently without power and there is “no upstream supply from the transmission network,” the distributor said in a Twitter posting.
The national Bureau of Meteorology earlier issued a severe weather warning, noting the risks from a vigorous cold front moving across the state. It predicted winds averaging up to 75 km/h, with gusts of up to 140 km/h.
There “may be outages for an extended period", State Premier Jay Weatherill said in a separate posting on Twitter.
SA Power Networks is 51%-owned by Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings and Power Assets Holdings, while the remaining 49% is owned by Spark Infrastructure Group, according to the distributor’s website.