As of 5:15, there are still 149,729 homes without power, with Energex working around the clock to get power restored. 

Energex Spokesperson Danny Donald told Gary Hardgrave on 4BC Drive, “Tonight we’re releasing our restoration plan on our Outage Viewer.”

“If people can Google Energex outages, text view or Energex Emergency Outages Text View.”

“Later this evening, we will have the approximate time each street, each suburb will be restored back to the network,” Mr Donald continued.

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