Over 100 homes are still without power in Marton due to an outage this afternoon.
Initially, 1255 customers were affected by the outage caused by sparking lines on Whanganui Road.
Eighty-six customers were reconnected at 2:30pm, with a further 1,054 customers connected as of 2:50pm.
The remaining 115 customers should be reconnected just after 5pm.
A Powerco spokesperson said sparking power lines are not uncommon, particularly after long spells of dry weather which can cause dust to build up and spark.
