Alice Springs power outage: operator dashboard records 920 without power
Power and Water’s Central Australia dashboard recorded 8,080 restored and 920 without power in its 14:00 snapshot on 15 October following the Alice Springs storm disruption. The dashboard does not print a counting unit for these figures, so they cannot be described as customers, properties or people. The figures describe that dated observation; they do not establish the current electricity supply at every address.
Status of this incident
Current status unconfirmed
Last known status: partly restored · 15 October, 14:00 ACST inferred: the regional dashboard lists 8,080 restored and 920 without power; counting unit unspecified and full restoration unconfirmed.
Source moment: Oct 15, 2026, 04:30 AM UTC (02:00 PM local time)
In 20 seconds
The 15 October, 14:00 dashboard lists 8,080 restored and 920 without power, with no counting unit printed.
An earlier statement described approximately 9,000 properties affected by a sudden storm cell; it is historical context.
Full restoration and a final completion time remain unconfirmed; the dashboard figures are not an address-level check.
A dated regional restoration snapshot
The latest recorded dashboard labels are “Restored 8,080” and “Without power 920”, alongside “Figures as at 2:00 pm, 15 October 2026”. ACST is inferred from the Alice Springs location. The dashboard’s exact publication time is unavailable; the stated observation time should therefore be kept separate from the time the page was checked.
This is a Central Australia regional dashboard associated with the storm response. It does not establish that every remaining interruption is inside Alice Springs itself. The number of remaining customers and the supply position at individual addresses remain unknown. The available evidence supports partial restoration rather than a complete-city all-clear.
What the sources tell us, and what they do not
- Area
- Alice Springs storm response and the Central Australia regional dashboard
- Dated dashboard snapshot
- 15 October, 14:00 ACST inferred: 8,080 restored; 920 without power; counting unit unspecified
- Earlier impact
- Approximately 9,000 properties in Alice Springs in the earlier operator statement; historical
- Restoration
- Partial restoration; final time and remaining customer count unknown
Earlier property and customer counts stay separate
An earlier Power and Water statement said approximately 9,000 properties in Alice Springs were without power because of damage from a sudden storm cell. That is a historical description of impact, not the current remaining total. It also uses a different label from the latest dashboard, which gives numbers without a counting unit.
Earlier updates and embedded rows use customer or property counts at other times. Those labels cannot be transferred to the 14:00 dashboard figures. Nor should the figures be added together or used to calculate a customer restoration percentage. Doing so would imply a shared unit and coverage that the available evidence does not establish.
What remains uncertain while repairs continue
A final restoration time remains unknown. The dated snapshot cannot show whether a particular property has since returned to service. For essential backup planning, the runtime calculator compares electrical demand with battery capacity, and the internet backup planner covers connectivity. Neither tool verifies local supply or predicts when a remaining fault will be repaired.