I smell wind power at the bottom of this all
Power outages across Victoria have left tens of thousands in the dark. Picture: Powercor
MORE than 437,000 homes across Victoria are without power.
The number has skyrocketed since about 6.15pm amid oppressive heat and humidity.
The tally just before 9pm stood at 37,585, which included Citipower, Powercor and United customers, plus figures from AusNet.
Melbourne’s west has been hit hard, with homes in Sunshine, Seddon, St Albans and Altona North affected.
The outages stretch from Truganina and Hoppers Crossing down to the suburbs surrounding inner Geelong.
The Bellarine Peninsula is one of the hardest hit by outages, with more than 15,000 households in the beachside towns of Ocean Grove, St Leonards, Indented Head, Point Lonsdale and Queenscliff left sweating in the heat.
A Citipower spokeswoman said 35,000 customers across the supplier’s three networks were without power as of 8pm.
It’s sparked outcry among customers, who…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
Jan 29, 2018 @ 20:36:12
It is old coal powered stations that buckle in the heat. Renewables come to the rescue!
Perhaps these people do not know the last three coal powered stations were closed for commercial reasons!
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