Thousands of people are without power to the east of Ballarat this morning.
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Towns located along the Western Highway towards Melbourne have been hardest hit, including Gordon, Bungaree, Dunnstown and Ballan.
Powercor says it has not yet determined the cause of the outages but believes weather could be to blame.
Ballarat only received 7.8mm of rain last night and there were no reported heavy winds.
It is expected the power will be restored by 9.30am.
List of outages
BALLAN 104
BUNGAREE 158
DUNNSTOWN 61
ELAINE 11
GORDON 577
KORWEINGUBOORA 109
LAL LAL 65
LEIGH CREEK 26
MILLBROOK 85
MOUNT EGERTON 320
SPRINGBANK 86
WALLACE 114
WARRENHEIP 96