Community members and energy providers impacted by widespread electricity outages in the Flinders and Northern Flinders Ranges have come together for a special meeting.

The First Nations Clean Energy Network has members and supporters in the Flinders Ranges and Northern Flinders Ranges in South Australia who were significantly impacted by power outages in October 2024 following an extreme weather event.

Community members experienced hardship through the loss of power – including the loss of food, inability to warm and cool homes, risks to medicines needing refrigeration, the cost of using personal diesel generators, and the stress of the impacts of not knowing how long the outage would go for.

In broad terms, this briefing paper covers issues related to the outage in October 2024, and provides an overview of electricity supply responsibilities and some of the risks and opportunities to be considered. 

This briefing paper is intended as pre-reading ahead of a stakeholder workshop to be held on 15 May 2025.

Read the report