Transgrid is blamed because the city insists on compensation

Broken Hill Mayor Tom Kennedy wants Transgrid to cover the costs of the sudden power outage in the regional city. The electricity grid operator could be fined tens of millions of dollars if its emergency backup systems are found to be flawed.

Residents in and around the NSW mining town, near the border with South Australia, are still trying to recover from a sudden storm on October 17 that knocked down seven transmission towers operated by the private Transgrid that maintain its only 260 kilometer electricity line . bringing electricity to the Broken Hill region.

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