2025-08 outage at Reece Power Station

In August 2025 (possibly related to a fire onsite), both units at Reece Hydro Station in Tasmania tripped offline.

Whilst REECE1 returned to service within a week, REECE2 saw a lengthy outage.

Reece Unit 1 returns to service after outage (coincident with fire onsite) … but Unit 2 outage lengthens

Sat 9^th August 2025 12:33 PM | Paul McArdle

On Sunday 3rd Aug 2025 there (appears to have been) a fire at Reece Power Station, and both units tripped. We saw REECE1 return to service Friday evening, but REECE2 looks set for a...

Possible Fire at Reece Power Station – units out of service

Tue 5^th August 2025 1:23 PM | Paul McArdle

Following a tip from a WattClarity reader, we take a quick look at a forced outage for both units at the Reece (hydro) Power Station in Tasmania ... possibly related to an apparent fire...