Residents and businesses in WA's Midwest say they are at breaking point as frequent power outages continue to impact quality of life in the region.

Communities in and around Dongara, Port Denison and Greenough, say outages have become more frequent over the past 12 years, with outer suburbs particularly affected. 

The latest outage saw about 3,000 people lose power due to a humidity-related fault at about 11:30pm on Friday. 

Power was restored to most areas by 10:30am on Saturday, but a fire weather warning for the region delayed some repair works. 

Springfield resident Yvonne Jenkins said outages were becoming more frequent. 

"Our power comes from Geraldton and we are on a spur line, so obviously it's just a feeder line that is open to lots of problems," she said. 

"It's becoming very frustrating for all of us."

Generators an additional cost

Many in the community rely on generators during extended blackouts, but Ms Jenkins says it is an additional cost not everyone can afford. 

"Some businesses are paying $1,000 a day to keep their generators running," she said. 

Western Power said most of the outages at the weekend were resolved within 12 hours, with a compensation payment of $120 available to those without power for longer. 

But Ms Jenkins said this did not always cover the costs associated with an outage. 

"Electrical appliances are getting affected because the power is glitching every few hours.

"It could be [hundreds of dollars] out of my pocket just to look at something that's been burned out because of [a power glitch]." 

A Western Power spokesperson said it had formed a "multi-disciplined team" to identify ways to improve power reliability in the area. 

The utility was working on "possible short and long term solutions" to the issue. 

This included the installation of three protection devices to reduce the impact of faults in the Shire of Irwin. 

Installing additional equipment designed to improve outage detection and response times was also planned.