Queanbeyan locals have said they experienced a blackout on Tuesday night, as Australians brace for possible power outages on the east coast.
Essential Energy has confirmed that just over 1600 residents had a power outage in the Oaks Estate area of Queanbeyan just after 7pm Tuesday.
"A fault [was] detected on the electricity network," they said.
"Crews located a fault in the underground electricity network near the Oaks Estate Zone Substation and were able to isolate the fault enabling power to be restored to all customers just after 9pm."
The outage comes amid reports that electricity supply on Australia's east coast is under major pressure.
Coal-fired power station outages, high demand due to a cold snap and problems in global and domestic gas markets have fed fears of blackouts in Queensland, NSW and Victoria.
Major power consumers across the ACT have been alerted by Evoenergy that there are no reserves forecast for Wednesday night.
These include institutions like universities, government departments and data centres.
However, ACT residents and businesses have not been advised to reduce their electricity use.
Evoenergy has said if the Australian Energy Market Operator "request our help to reduce electricity demand in the ACT, we will let you know."
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