UPDATE, 4.30pm: Power has been restored to the 115 Castlemaine residents.
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Powercor crews are on their way to Eddington where they will identify the cause of the outage and restore power to the 75 residents affected by 6pm.
In the meantime, another fault has caused an outage in the Bridgewater area.
Crews are also on their way to the Fantasy Road fault which is affect 664 customers in Bridgewater on Loddon, Inglewood, Rheola, Kingower, Kurting, Glenalbyn, Brenanah and Mcintyre.
Power is expected to be restored in teh Bridgewater area by 6pm.
EARLIER: Two power outages are under investigation with residents in Castlemaine and Eddington expected to be without until 5.30pm.
Almost 200 residents are affected by the separate incidents with 115 residents in Castlemaine without power following a fault in Williams Street.
Residents in Eddington (66 residents), Dunolly (5) and Bromley (4) are experiencing a black out after a fault on the Bendigo-Maryborough Road near Eddington.
Both outages are under investigation according to the Powercor website.
Power is expected to be restored by 5.30pm.
For more information visit www.powercor.com.au
If you experience any electricity faults or emergencies, call Powercor’s 24-hour service on Powercor 13 24 12.