Transpower suffered an incident with their lines today (30 September 2024) which has left Fairlie, Tekapo and surrounding areas without power.
Tomorrow, Tuesday 1 October, Council staff will be opening the Tekapo Community Hall from 9.00 am where power and internet will be available for the public to charge devices, make wifi calls etc.
A representative from Alpine Energy will also be on site from 10.00 am.
At this stage there are no impacts of this incident on council services except for public toilets in Tekapo and Burkes Pass which have had to be closed. Signs are in place to direct users to the nearest other toilets currently in operation.
Updates can be found on the Alpine Energy website at outages.alpineenergy.co.nz.
Click Current Outages and select the location you are wishing to enquire about.