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Energex will install replacement poles as part of the local power upgrades (Photo: CASC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

May 25, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cherbourg residents are facing a long, seven-hour power outage on Thursday (May 26).<\/p>\n

Energex work group leader Guy Tanner told Cherbourg Radio the blackout would start at 8:00am and run until 3:00pm.<\/p>\n

It will allow Energex to hook up a huge “Pegasus” generator down near Jack O’Chin Oval which will take over supplying power to the community while other electrical upgrade works are undertaken.<\/p>\n

The Pegasus unit will be hauled into the community on the back of several massive semi-trailers.<\/p>\n

The power outage will not affect Cherbourg Hospital, which has its own generator, and small generators will supply power to the childcare centre, the school and retirement home.<\/p>\n

“Keep your fridges and freezers closed as much as you can. The food will be fine,” Guy said.<\/p>\n

But he warned there would be lots of trucks, between 20 and 40 Energex workers\u00a0 “and lots of noise” around the community on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The Energex power upgrades began on May 16.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Guy said the corporation was replacing 55 high-voltage poles between the Murgon substation and Cherbourg as well as about 10km of high-voltage wires.<\/p>\n

The aim was to provide a more reliable power supply to Cherbourg during storms or floods.<\/p>\n

“Everything we are doing is to make the network a bit more robust for the storms,” Guy said.<\/p>\n

The Pegasus generator will power the community until next Thursday (June 2).<\/p>\n

On that day, another small power outage is planned, from about 4:00pm to 4:30pm, while the generator is taken offline and the community is reconnected to the State electricity grid.<\/p>\n

Guy said Energex would be returning to Cherbourg during the September school holidays to undertake more work, replacing poles and wires around the community.<\/p>\n

Footnote: Thursday is also a gazetted public holiday in Cherbourg for National Sorry Day.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Energex have been working on upgrades between Murgon and the Frank “Bigshot” Fisher Bridge (Photo: CASC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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