NSW: Rees meltdown after 2nd power outage hits Sydney

AAP General News (Australia)
04-04-2009
NSW: Rees meltdown after 2nd power outage hits Sydney

New South Wales Premier NATHAN REES has expressed his anger after a second major power
failure hit the Sydney CBD in a week .. blacking out traffic lights .. closing major tunnels
.. and trapping people in lifts.

Parts of the city .. eastern and inner suburbs lost power for 90 minutes late this morning.

About 50 thousand homes and businesses were blacked out .. 50 sets of traffic lights
went down .. and the Sydney Harbour Tunnel was closed.

EnergyAustralia says a second major supply cable failed .. after a similar incident
last Monday blacked out 70 thousand premises and caused traffic chaos at evening peak
hour.

Mr REES says he's angry and wants to get to the bottom of the problem.

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