A major power outage blacked out over 100 traffic signal lights and caused around 200,000 homes in Melbourne’s east to lose power on Monday evening.
A United Energy spokesman said the power outage effected its customers from 5.30pm (AEST) in areas including Burwood, Cheltenham, Brighton, Mordialloc, and Clayton with power restored after 45 minutes.
The spokesman said the outage was caused by a fault with an SP Ausnet terminal station.
VicRoads director of road operations Dean Zabrieszach said over 100 traffic signals were without power.
“It started about 5.20pm and we had just about everything back to normal by 6pm,” he said.
A Victoria Police spokeswoman said she had not received any reports of accidents caused by the blackout.
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