On the weekend Port Elliot was again affected by power outages, and the latest black out has angered not just business people and residents, but the thousands of tourists that come to the Fleurieu each year.
Many fear it has terminally hurt the brand of Port Elliot, as one of the top tourist destinations in the state, and at an estimated cost to the economy of Port Elliot of one million dollars.
The power went out on Saturday, January 7 at approximately 7.10pm and was restored late in the evening, and then again at 9am and restored at midday on Sunday, January 8.
This follows the planned power black out on Monday, January 2, which impacted on more than 3000 Fleurieu Peninsula customers for five hours due to fire risk with temperatures hitting 40 degrees and north winds at 80 kilometres per hour.
Manager of stakeholder relations at ETSA Utilities, Paul Roberts, said the outages on the weekend were due to a lightning strike, which hit one of the 9000 insulators on the 72 kilometre overhead line that feeds into Port Elliot.
"There were 27,000 lightning strikes in South Australia on Saturday evening and an insulator was hit," Mr Roberts said.
"Insulators are resilient, but the lightning had cracked it.
"We had to identify which insulator was damaged and once replaced, power was restored.
"The crack in the insulator was hard to see, as it was the size of a pin prick.
"This type of outage could happen at anytime and is totally out of our control."
Saturday's outages on the Port Elliott line affected supply to about 1600 customers.
Mr Roberts said most outages occur through animals, birds, traffic accidents and the weather affecting the lines and poles, and ETSA workers are on call 24 hours a day to restore power to the community.
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