BOREEN POINT is a small residential village in a rural environment and happens to be at the end of the power delivery chain.
The most common cause of power outages is caused by storms and lightening, so please be well prepared to cope if you are aware a storm is approaching. Occasionally power drops out for a few minutes without warning. If trees or branches fall across any of the lines along the supply chain this too can cause blackouts. If the power comes on and off more then 3 times in quick succession than you can pretty well conclude there is a problem and it may take some time to reconnect. If your not sure if its a general blackout or just your house, just check with someone around you or ring the office. You can also call ENERGEX on 136262 to get an update on the situation.
Please be aware that when the power goes out you will have no water, as this is pumped to your house by an electric pump.
If there is a blackout at night, your houses usually have a torch or enclosed candle. Most houses have BBQ’S to continue cooking or there are BBQ’s along the foreshore. Toilets can still be used to a certain limit, and if you have a bucket you can flush with water from the lake. Locals will head to the pub if it lasts for a few hours.
The shortest times it has been out is a few seconds….the longest time it was out was 6 days when ex tropical cyclone ‘Oswald’ did its amazing journey down the whole coast in January 2013.
We will do our utmost to assist you at these times and please feel free to ring if you need assistance.
