Power Restored for Nearly All Rural Hawke’s Bay Customers in Time for the Weekend

Friday 12 August (6.35pm) 2016

Power has now been restored for nearly all customers in rural Hawke’s Bay ahead of the weekend.

“Last night and today, our crews have done a great job restoring power for our rural Hawke’s Bay customers,” says Unison Relationship Manager, Danny Gough.

“Due to the nature of the work however, some remedial work is required for a few households to get them back up and running to full capacity. This means a handful of customers will still need to rely on back-up generation.

“There may also be some minor faults that haven’t been brought to our attention. So, if there are customers out there without electricity that we haven’t already spoken with, we advise them to call and let us know.”

Customers who need to report a fault should call 0800 2 Unison (0800 286 476) or report it online at www.unison.co.nz/outages.

Mr Gough says the status of the restoration programme in the Taupo Plains remains the same; the majority of homes are now with power through network generation or localised generation, while the crew work through repairs to progressively restore customers back to full network supply.

Unison Networks’ next progress update on power restoration will be Monday.

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