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UPDATE: An underground cable fault caused a Wodonga power outage that affected more than 4600 customers on Wednesday, November 29.
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AusNet said most customers were back on supply by 11pm with the remaining 700 back on by midnight.
The incident was the area's third power outage in a fortnight.
"Two of the recent unplanned outages have been attributed to underground cabling faults, with the third a planned outage," an AusNet spokesperson said.
"We apologise for the inconvenience caused."
EARLIER: More than 4600 homes in Wodonga were without power on Wednesday night (November 29) in the third power outage for the area in just two weeks.
According to the AusNet tracker, the outage at West Wodonga was reported at 7.53pm, with 4627 homes impacted.
A spokeperson for Ausnet said at 8.40pm crews were in transit to identify the issue.
There was no information on the cause of the power outage.
At 9pm on Wednesday, the Ausnet tracker estimated power would be restored by 3am
"We have only been living in Wodonga since the 11th October and the power has gone off 4-5 times, why is it happening?" one resident asked on social media.
Another replied "It's happened more in the last few weeks than my two years here, always around the same time too!"