A POWER outage impacted about 9000 Ausgrid customers in Lake Macquarie at 5.50pm on Wednesday.
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Parts of Cooranbong, Balcolyn, Morisset Park, Wyee Point, Brightwaters, Mirrabooka, Windermere Park, Morisset, Sunshine, Bonnells Bay, Yarrawonga Park and surrounding areas were affected.
"The outage was caused by a fault on one of the main powerlines feeding into the Morisset zone substation," a spokesperson for Ausgrid said.
"Our emergency crews worked to restore power safety as quickly as possible and power was progressively restored between 6.20pm and 8.45pm.
"Ausgrid apologises for the inconvenience and thanks customers for their patience."