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Transgrid dragged into Federal Court over Broken Hill blackout

Transgrid on the hook for potentially $90m in penalties

Nathan-Lee Abrahams

Broken Hill residents went days with unreliable power after storms severed the town’s transmission link

Broken Hill residents went days with unreliable power after storms severed the town’s transmission link | Credits: Visit NSW

A prolonged blackout leaving thousands of homes and businesses in Broken Hill and surrounding parts of far-west New South Wales without reliable electricity has landed Transgrid in the federal court, with...

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