Hundreds of households in the Cessnock area are set to spend Thursday night without electricity as Ausgrid carries out a scheduled network upgrade — with overnight temperatures forecast to drop as low as 5°C.
Ausgrid has confirmed the planned outage — reference NECF123129 — will affect parts of Bellbird, Cessnock, Bellbird Heights and Wollombi, impacting 628 customers. The works are aimed at upgrading the electricity network to support new community and building projects nearby.
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