20 Nov 2008

Brief power cut in Nelson

12:00 pm on 20 November 2008

A brief power cut in Nelson affected a large area on Thursday morning.

Electricity went off about 10.40am on Thursday and was restored just after 11am.

A problem at a sub station in Stoke is believed to have caused the outage. About 25,000 consumers, mostly in Nelson city, were affected.

Nelson hospital and emergency services switched to back-up generators, as did supermarkets.