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Tom Wark

Company fined for keeping woman in dark for 114 days

EnergyAustralia has been fined for keeping a woman without power for months after an account error. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS)

Leaving an elderly woman in the dark for nearly four months has triggered $140,000 in fines for a major retailer.

EnergyAustralia disconnected the woman's service for 114 days between July and October 2023 after an unrelated customer accidentally set up an electricity account at her address.

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