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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Power back-up could be needed in Sydney CBD on Monday</span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">April 5, 2009 - 1:21PM
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">EnergyAustralia is contacting building managers within Sydney's CBD about the possible need to use back-up generators for power on Monday.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Large sections of the CBD have suffered two power outages within the past week, the first occurring during the Monday afternoon peak and the other on Saturday
morning. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Urgent repair work is being carried out which EnergyAustralia expects to be completed by Monday morning.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">However, as a precaution the company says it's contacting building managers in 20 key buildings in the northern part of the CBD.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">"We are asking building managers to provide extra assistance by identifying available back-up generators that are installed in these buildings," EnergyAustralia
said in a statement on Sunday. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">"We have also asked these building owners to assist by making preparations to reduce non-essential electricity use in these buildings.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">"This support may be required to meet the extra demand for power on Monday morning."
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Saturday's hour-long power outage was caused by a fault on a major piece of electrical equipment connected to a transformer in a zone substation in the northern
part of the CBD. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Emergency services were called to help people trapped in lifts, the harbour tunnel was closed and up to 50 sets of traffic lights were blacked out after the
outage hit at about 10.30am (AEDT). </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Around 50,000 homes and businesses were without power, with Monday's outage affecting about 70,000.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">While the repairs are carried out on Sunday, electricity supply to the Sydney Harbour Tunnel has been re-routed to a zone substation in the east, while a large
generator has been delivered as a back-up. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">The NSW government will hold an urgent meeting with EnergyAustralia, with Premier Nathan Rees saying two outages in the CBD in less than a week was "not good
enough". </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Opposition Leader Barry O'Farrell has called for an audit of Sydney's electricity network to identify and fix problems.
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net [ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Ben Cornish [benc@brennanit.com.au]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 04 April 2009 14:17<br>
<b>To:</b> ausnog@ausnog.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] Sydney CBD Power Outage (Saturday)<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d">Statement re last fault.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"> ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net [mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Nathan Brookfield<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, 4 April 2009 1:53 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> ausnog@ausnog.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [AusNOG] Sydney CBD Power Outage (Saturday)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Afternoon All,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We are being advised by one of our Upstream Carriers of a mass power outage in the Sydney CBD and Eastern Suburbs at present.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Can anyone confirm or deny this for me?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Kindest Regards,<b></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></span></b> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Nathan Brookfield</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Systems Administrator<br>
Servers Australia Pty Ltd</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Direct. (02) 4001 0526</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Phone. 1300 788 862</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Fax. (02) 4001 0521</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Web: <a href="http://www.serversaustralia.com.au/" target="_blank">
http://www.serversaustralia.com.au</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Online Helpdesk: <a href="http://support.serversaustralia.com.au/" target="_blank">
http://support.serversaustralia.com.au</a></span></p>
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