Transgrid under pressure as NSW inquiry examines how failed backup generators left Broken Hill in the dark

NSW premier Chris Minns says state's far west let down by privatisation after region's only working large-scale emergency generator failed

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The New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, is flying to Broken Hill after a storm left about 20,000 people without power and put pressure on energy operator Transgrid to explain why it did not have a backup plan to prevent the outage.

Minns will meet affected locals on Thursday after announcing an inquiry into the incident and formally declaring a natural disaster to unlock emergency relief funding for the outback town and surrounding communities.

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