❓ Dr. Thomas questions the effectiveness of the refined pre-Design Conformance Review process announced in February 2024, seeking data on approval times for various development application categories. The answer indicates the categories used in the question are not recognised by Western Power.
AnsweredQoN 2041Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
I refer to the Government’s
announcement of a refined pre-Design Conformance Review (DCR) clearance
process, on 14 February 2024, which was
supposed to speed up approvals and the supply of power to development sites,
and I ask: (a) for development applications in the 'C2 - Anytime Energy (Business) Bi-directional Service' category, what is the average and maximum times taken for each of the following stages: (i) validation (after an application has been
received); (ii) the calling for and issuing of a tender; (iii) the receipt of a design proposal from the successful
tenderer; (iv) the Western Power quality assurance (QA) phase; and (v) the delivery of
approval where the project is approved; (b) for development applications in the 'C3 - Time of Use (Residential) Bi-directional Service' category, what is the average and maximum times taken for each of the following stages: (i) validation (after an application has been
received); (ii) the calling for and issuing of a tender; (iii) the receipt of a design proposal from the successful
tenderer; (iv) the Western Power QA
phase; and (v) the delivery of
approval where the project is approved; and (c) for development applications in the 'C4 - Time of Use (Business) Bi-directional Service' and 'C5 - High Voltage Metered Demand Bi-directional Service' categories, what is the average and maximum times taken for each of the following stages: (i) validation (after an application has been
received); (ii) the calling for and issuing of a tender; (iii) the receipt of a design proposal from the successful
tenderer; (iv) the Western Power QA
phase; and (v) the delivery of
approval where the project is approved?
announcement of a refined pre-Design Conformance Review (DCR) clearance
process, on 14 February 2024, which was
supposed to speed up approvals and the supply of power to development sites,
and I ask: (a) for development applications in the 'C2 - Anytime Energy (Business) Bi-directional Service' category, what is the average and maximum times taken for each of the following stages: (i) validation (after an application has been
received); (ii) the calling for and issuing of a tender; (iii) the receipt of a design proposal from the successful
tenderer; (iv) the Western Power quality assurance (QA) phase; and (v) the delivery of
approval where the project is approved; (b) for development applications in the 'C3 - Time of Use (Residential) Bi-directional Service' category, what is the average and maximum times taken for each of the following stages: (i) validation (after an application has been
received); (ii) the calling for and issuing of a tender; (iii) the receipt of a design proposal from the successful
tenderer; (iv) the Western Power QA
phase; and (v) the delivery of
approval where the project is approved; and (c) for development applications in the 'C4 - Time of Use (Business) Bi-directional Service' and 'C5 - High Voltage Metered Demand Bi-directional Service' categories, what is the average and maximum times taken for each of the following stages: (i) validation (after an application has been
received); (ii) the calling for and issuing of a tender; (iii) the receipt of a design proposal from the successful
tenderer; (iv) the Western Power QA
phase; and (v) the delivery of
approval where the project is approved?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
11 June 2024
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Energy
Response time
9 days
(1)
(a) Western Power does not have a category of customer connection projects called “C2 - Anytime Energy (Business) Bi-directional Service.
(b) Western Power does not have a category of customer connection projects called “C3 - Time of Use (Residential) Bi-directional Service”.
(c) Western Power does not have categories of customer connection projects called “C4 - Time of Use (Business) Bi-directional Service” or “C5 - High Voltage Metered Demand Bi-directional Service”.
(a) Western Power does not have a category of customer connection projects called “C2 - Anytime Energy (Business) Bi-directional Service.
(b) Western Power does not have a category of customer connection projects called “C3 - Time of Use (Residential) Bi-directional Service”.
(c) Western Power does not have categories of customer connection projects called “C4 - Time of Use (Business) Bi-directional Service” or “C5 - High Voltage Metered Demand Bi-directional Service”.
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