A major power outage in the Waterford City area left approximately 7,775 customers without power yesterday evening (Wednesday).
ESB Networks confirmed to WLR News that two underground cable faults in the area caused tripping at a nearby 110kV station following standard network protection procedures to isolate faults.
This occurred at around 8pm.
Approximately 6,000 customers had their power restored within 90 minutes of the incident while all remaining customers had their power restored shortly after 10.30pm, according to ESB Networks.
Local crews are carrying out further repair and upgrade works this morning to improve the resilience of the network and help prevent future outages.
ESB Networks has apologised to all customers impacted for the inconvenience caused.
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