Read more about penalty notices issued to AustNet Services for alleged breaches of the Electricity Distribution Code that relate to planned interruption notification.
AusNet Services penalty notices 2019 (planned interruption notification)
Overview
Energy distributor AusNet Services has paid $150,000 after allegedly failing to notify customers of a planned power outage.
The Essential Services Commission issued the penalty after finding that the distributor left a mix of residential and business customers in Bass, Woolamai and Glen Forbes without electricity for three hours on 18 July 2018.