Batemans Bay businesses and residents in surrounding suburbs lost power on Sunday night after wildlife came into contact with the electricity network.
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Essential Energy cut off 1,455 customers in North Batemans Bay, South Durras, Nelligen and Catalina at 7.50pm after detecting a fault in the electricity network.
Local crews were immediately dispatched to investigate the cause of the outage - which was identified as wildlife coming into contact with the local electricity network.
Supply was restored to all but three customers by 9.38pm.
Supply was restored to the remaining customers on Monday night, after necessary repairs are made.
Bay Post/Moruya Examiner readers said they heard a loud band before the power went out.