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Unison Crews Out Working to Restore Power
Unison Crews Out Working to Restore Power to Around 2,000 Customers
Saturday 15 April 2017, 8.57am – Unison crews have been deployed this morning and are making steady progress towards restoring approximately 2,000 customers without power as a result of Cyclone Cook.
Unison Relationship Manager, Danny Gough said, “We managed to restore power to another 800 customers or so last night.
“The crew have headed out again this morning and will be working as quickly as they can today to try and get the remaining customers on.
“We know that it’s been a long time without power for our most affected customers and once again we really appreciate their patience and understanding as we work to fix the widespread damage caused by this storm,” he said.
Helicopters have again headed out this morning to continue assessing the damage.
Unison will provide the next update on restoration progress this afternoon.
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