The future of Alcoa's Portland aluminium smelter hangs in the balance after a second sudden power outage in three months put it offline on Friday and left authorities battling to restore full electricity supply through a storm-battered grid.
Four wind farms have been ordered to curb output for two weeks under a fragile reconfiguration of the power network in western Victoria.
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