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Electricity distribution network · NSW
Essential Power Outage
Outage phone number, official outage map and live neighbour reports for Essential Energy customers in New South Wales.
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Where Essential provides electricity
291 postcodes in 76 council areas (network service areas by council area – boundaries are approximate).
- Albury, NSW 2 postcodes
- Armidale, NSW 3 postcodes
- Ballina, NSW 4 postcodes
- Bega Valley, NSW 5 postcodes
- Bellingen, NSW 3 postcodes
- Berrigan, NSW 2 postcodes
- Bland, NSW 1 postcode
- Blayney, NSW 1 postcode
- Bogan, NSW 4 postcodes
- Brewarrina, NSW 5 postcodes
- Byron, NSW 1 postcode
- Cabonne, NSW 5 postcodes
- Carrathool, NSW 5 postcodes
- Clarence Valley, NSW 9 postcodes
- Coffs Harbour, NSW 3 postcodes
- Coolamon, NSW 2 postcodes
- Coonamble, NSW 2 postcodes
- Cootamundra-Gundagai, NSW 3 postcodes
- Cowra, NSW 6 postcodes
- Dubbo, NSW 6 postcodes
- Edward River, NSW 2 postcodes
- Eurobodalla, NSW 3 postcodes
- Federation, NSW 2 postcodes
- Forbes, NSW 6 postcodes
- Gilgandra, NSW 4 postcodes
- Glen Innes Severn, NSW 6 postcodes
- Goondiwindi, NSW 1 postcode
- Goulburn Mulwaree, NSW 1 postcode
- Greater Hume, NSW 2 postcodes
- Griffith, NSW 1 postcode
- Gunnedah, NSW 4 postcodes
- Gwydir, NSW 7 postcodes
- Hay, NSW 1 postcode
- Hilltops, NSW 9 postcodes
- Inverell, NSW 4 postcodes
- Junee, NSW 2 postcodes
- Kempsey, NSW 1 postcode
- Kyogle, NSW 2 postcodes
- Lachlan, NSW 2 postcodes
- Leeton, NSW 2 postcodes
- Lismore, NSW 3 postcodes
- Lithgow, NSW 8 postcodes
- Liverpool Plains, NSW 2 postcodes
- Lockhart, NSW 3 postcodes
- Mid-Coast, NSW 10 postcodes
- Mid-Western, NSW 3 postcodes
- Moree Plains, NSW 8 postcodes
- Murray River, NSW 7 postcodes
- Murrumbidgee, NSW 5 postcodes
- Nambucca Valley, NSW 3 postcodes
- Narrabri, NSW 4 postcodes
- Narrandera, NSW 2 postcodes
- Narromine, NSW 2 postcodes
- Orange, NSW 1 postcode
- Port Macquarie-Hastings, NSW 6 postcodes
- Queanbeyan-Palerang, NSW 2 postcodes
- Richmond Valley, NSW 3 postcodes
- Snowy Monaro, NSW 9 postcodes
- Snowy Valleys, NSW 10 postcodes
- Tamworth, NSW 9 postcodes
- Temora, NSW 2 postcodes
- Tenterfield, NSW 3 postcodes
- Tweed, NSW 8 postcodes
- Unincorp. Other Territories, NSW 2 postcodes
- Unincorporated ACT, NSW 1 postcode
- Unincorporated NSW, NSW 5 postcodes
- Upper Lachlan, NSW 1 postcode
- Uralla, NSW 2 postcodes
- Wagga Wagga, NSW 6 postcodes
- Walcha, NSW 2 postcodes
- Walgett, NSW 1 postcode
- Warren, NSW 5 postcodes
- Warrumbungle, NSW 9 postcodes
- Weddin, NSW 3 postcodes
- Wentworth, NSW 5 postcodes
- Yass Valley, NSW 2 postcodes
Largest postcodes served
- 2795 Bathurst, NSW
- 2460 Grafton West, NSW
- 2756 Bligh Park, NSW
- 2540 Sussex Inlet, NSW
- 2800 Orange, NSW
- 2430 Cundletown, NSW
- 2620 Queanbeyan, NSW
- 2340 Tamworth, NSW
- 2850 Mudgee, NSW
- 2440 Crescent Head, NSW
- 2480 The Channon, NSW
- 2486 Tweed Heads South, NSW
- 2469 Mallanganee, NSW
- 2650 Wagga Wagga, NSW
- 2484 Murwillumbah South, NSW
- 2622 Braidwood, NSW
- 2422 Gloucester, NSW
- 2550 Bemboka, NSW
- 2640 Albury, NSW
- 2474 Kyogle, NSW
- 2450 Coffs Harbour, NSW
- 2630 Cooma, NSW
- 2446 Wauchope, NSW
- 2487 Casuarina, NSW
- 2350 Armidale, NSW
- 2582 Yass, NSW
- 2880 Broken Hill North, NSW
- 2478 Ballina, NSW
- 2429 Comboyne, NSW
- 2710 Deniliquin, NSW
- 2477 Alstonville, NSW
- 2372 Tenterfield, NSW
- 2680 Griffith East, NSW
- 2871 Forbes, NSW
- 2470 Casino, NSW
- 2720 Talbingo, NSW
Planned outages
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