Electricity has been restored to parts of Wellington's
central business district affected by a power cut this
afternoon.
Parliament, Lambton Quay, Wellington District Court and some
parts of Thorndon were affected by the 4.20pm outage.
Power to the Beehive and wider parliamentary complex also
went out.
Emergency generators did kick in, but then briefly shut down
after they became overloaded before restarting.
The last power cut to the area caused some concerns when
Parliament's generators failed to come on just as Cabinet was
about to start meeting.
Power to traffic lights in the area was also cut, and a total
of 1196 customers were affected, Wellington Electricity Lines
Limited (WEL) spokesman Damien Batey said.
An underground cable at the substation on Moore Street was
the cause of the fault, Mr Batey said.
Crews were sent to investigate and fix the fault, and power
was restored by 4.55pm.
Wellington Railway Station was affected briefly, but services
were running on time, a KiwiRail spokesman told The Dominion
Post.
WEL apologised for the inconvenience and would investigate
the cause of the outage.
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