Hundreds without power in Echuca West, Lockington, Bamawm

Outage: Hundreds of Powercor customers in Echuca West are currently without power due to a fault at McSwain Rd, Echuca.

An estimated 592 Powercor customers in Echuca West, Bamawm, Bamawm Extension and Lockington have been without power since around noon due to an unplanned outage, with the fault at McSwain Rd, Echuca.

Initial estimations suggested power would be restored around 2pm, however an update now indicates that services won’t be available until 7.30pm.

Rochester is also feeling the effects of an outage with services being disrupted around 4pm, forcing many businesses to close early.

Powercor has been updating customers via text message, although updates can also be accessed at powercor.com.au.