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Power outages are nothing new to residents in the East Gippsland town of Swifts Creek.
Key points:
- Stand-alone power systems are being trialledin areas where the electricity supply is unreliable
- AusNet’s commercial arm, Mondo, says the systems will not cost customers more than they would pay if they were connected to the national electricity grid
- Mondo says the system will be reliable in bushfire conditions
Leanne Devries, who runs the town’s bakery, has lost count of how many times the business has lost power.
“Sometimes it’s for 15 minutes, sometimes it’s overnight,” she said.
“It becomes…
