Over 15,000 residences and businesses across Marulan, Crookwell, Jugiong, Young, Grenfell, Cowra, Cootamundra and Boorowa are without power this evening.
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Essential Energy has deployed crews from all areas to assist local staff with restoration efforts.
It is not yet known when the electricity network in the Southern Tablelands will be restored.
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"On these extreme condition and Total Fire Ban days, like today, Essential Energy is required to complete a full line patrol and deem it safe before manually restoring the power supply," operations manager Shawn Eade said.
"Unfortunately this can contribute to longer delays with restoration," he said.
The outages are due to strong winds and severe weather.
"The extreme weather has caused significant widespread damage to the electricity network with a number of fallen power poles and powerlines across the region," Mr Eade said.
He reminded the public to stay at least eight metres away from damaged or fallen powerlines.
"Always treat powerlines as live and remember that anything in contact with them, such as cars, trees or fences, can conduct electricity and pose a danger," Mr Eade said.
"We encourage residents to immediately report fallen powerlines, network damage, fires or trees contacting powerlines to Essential Energy on 13 20 80 or call Triple-0 if the situation is life threatening."
Customers are encouraged to report a power outage on 13 20 80 or visit essentialenergy.com.au/outages for updates.
