Urgent call to reduce power use as Snowy region bushfires cut interstate lines

By Rex Martinich
Updated January 5 2020 - 7:55am, first published January 4 2020 - 5:56pm
Smoke impacts the Upper Tumut power switching station. Interstate power transmission lines were cut of by bushfires on Saturday evening. Picture: Matt Kean
Smoke impacts the Upper Tumut power switching station. Interstate power transmission lines were cut of by bushfires on Saturday evening. Picture: Matt Kean

NSW Energy Minister Matt Kean has pleaded for users in NSW to reduce their power usage after bushfires in the Snowy Mountains region cut off a major interstate transmission line.

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