Fairlie, Albury, Cave, Kimbell and surrounding areas.
Transpower NZ has confirmed an outage for Fairlie, Albury, Cave, Kimbell and surrounding areas on Wednesday, 29 October to carry out urgent repairs to equipment damaged by lightning during last Thursday’s storm. If you will be affected, you should receive a direct notification from us to your email address on Tuesday, 27 October.
What you need to know
✅ Date: Wednesday, 29 October
✅ Time: Estimated between 7:00am and 5:30pm depending on whether further damage is found.
Why is this happening?
The recent weather event caused widespread electricity interruptions across the South Island, and this work is critical to ensure the Transpower network remains safe and reliable. The urgency of the work means that we haven’t been able to follow our usual service standards with notifying the community about this outage.
Generation
We are reconfiguring the network and providing generation to some of the Fairlie township and some of Albury. See the map below. Areas in green should have power. Customers who are being fed power via generation or back feeding, should see a short interruption of power while we reconfigure the network - approximately 30 minutes. This brief interruption date and time may vary per customer, starting from today and going into Thursday. The details in your direct notification are specific to your address. Please check your email inbox.
Be prepared
We recommend taking steps now to prepare for a day without power. We understand that this can be especially tough when it’s cold. We recommend putting aside some extra blankets, extra layers of clothing and looking at nonelectrical heating sources if you can. We have some helpful tips if you’re not sure where to start 👉 https://www.alpineenergy.co.nz/customers/outages/outage-preparedness
Thank you! We appreciate all the support while we try ensure the network is safe and reliable, for all of us.
For more information about the work being carried out, please contact communications@transpower.co.nz