Sydney Power Outages 2026: Full List of Affected Areas After Severe Storm |
SYDNEY — Thousands of homes and businesses across Sydney and parts of New South Wales continued to experience power outages Friday following a severe thunderstorm that swept through the region late Thursday, downing trees and damaging electricity lines, according to distributors Ausgrid and Endeavour Energy.
At the peak of the disruptions on Thursday night, more than 11,000 properties lost electricity, with Ausgrid reporting over 7,350 customers affected and Endeavour Energy around 4,400. By early Friday morning, numbers had decreased significantly, but several thousand customers remained without power as restoration crews worked through the day. Ausgrid indicated approximately 5,000 customers were still off supply in the morning, while Endeavour reported about 600.
The storm, which hit around 8 p.m. Thursday with strong winds, hail and heavy rain, primarily impacted northern, western and some central suburbs of Sydney. Outages were scattered rather than concentrated in one large area, reflecting widespread tree falls and infrastructure damage. No widespread transmission-level issues were reported by the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), and the disruptions remained at the distribution network level.
Here is a summary of the main areas affected based on distributor updates and outage maps as of Friday morning, March 27, 2026:
Northern Beaches and North Shore (Ausgrid network): Multiple suburbs including parts of Brookvale, where local facilities reported outages. Other affected pockets included areas around the Northern Beaches peninsula and lower North Shore, where fallen trees disrupted overhead lines.
Western Sydney (Endeavour Energy and Ausgrid overlap): Suburbs in western and southwestern Sydney faced significant disruptions. Specific reports included Holsworthy and surrounding areas in the southwest.
Central Coast and Hunter region fringes (Ausgrid): Some extensions of outages reached into parts of the........