Aurora Energy has again sparked fury in Central Otago after an unscheduled power cut left Cromwell residents in the dark for almost seven hours on Wednesday evening. About 6.45pm power cut out for 1640 customers in Cromwell due to a cable fault. Those affected included residential and business customers. When she asked if there would be an update on Aurora’s website or social media the answer was technical people work business hours, Mrs Wilkinson said. Wednesday’s power cut echoed a similar outage in June that left 1200 homes and businesses in Clyde without power for about nine hours in sub-zero temperatures.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 05, 2020 15:33 UTC