UPDATE 9.21pm: POWERCOR is seeking to transfer a number of customers in North Bendigo to another part of the network after two faults in one evening.
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A spokesperson said a fuse activated on the network earlier in the afternoon.
The fuse was replaced and the power was restored for some time before a fuse activated again about 9pm.
The spokesperson said Powercor was looking to identify the underlying fault.
They believed the number of affected customers to be fewer than the 107 reported on the Powercor outage website.
UPDATE 9.13pm: AFTER disappearing for some time, the Powercor outage website is again showing power to 107 premises in North Bendigo is affected.
The fault is again located at Arnold Street, North Bendigo.
The cause remains under investigation and is expected to be rectified by 10.30pm tonight.
UPDATE 7.17pm: POWER has been restored to the 107 North Bendigo properties earlier affected by an outage.
The outage was rectified more than an hour earlier than Powercor initially estimated.
EARLIER: A POWER outage is affecting more than 100 properties in North Bendigo.
Powercor is investigating the cause of the fault, which it believes is located at Arnold Street.
The company expects power to be restored by 8.30pm.
More to come.
Emma D'Agostino
Covering general news and Bendigo council.
Covering general news and Bendigo council.
