❓ A parliamentary question addresses frequent power outages in Jane Brook, with the Minister responding by outlining outage statistics, causes, and rectification efforts related to a transformer issue.
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(1) Is the Minister aware that certain areas within the suburb of Jane Brook continuously suffer from power outages and blackouts? (2) Can the Minister advise why a modern suburb like Jane Brook, which is serviced by underground power, experiences regular power outages and black outs and, if not, why not? (3) Can the Minister advise when the people of Jane Brook can expect to have power supplied to them without constant disruption and, if not, why not?
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Answered
18 February 2014
Responded by
Minister for Energy
Response time
76 days
(1) Residents in Jane Brook have experienced on average 2.2 interruptions per customer for the 12 months to the 30 November 2013.
(2) The Jane Brook area is supplied by a combination of overhead and underground infrastructure. All networks are subject to external influences that lead to outages, including environmental influences (such as birds, animals, wind borne debris and vehicles hitting poles) affecting overhead network and third party interference (eg excavations) that affect the underground network.
In addition Western Power also experienced an issue with the transformer in Huntsman Tce which resulted in multiple outages for some customers.
(3) The cause of the interruptions affecting the customers supplied from the Huntsman Tce transformer have now been rectified. Western Power expects customers will now experience a return to normal levels of supply reliability.
(2) The Jane Brook area is supplied by a combination of overhead and underground infrastructure. All networks are subject to external influences that lead to outages, including environmental influences (such as birds, animals, wind borne debris and vehicles hitting poles) affecting overhead network and third party interference (eg excavations) that affect the underground network.
In addition Western Power also experienced an issue with the transformer in Huntsman Tce which resulted in multiple outages for some customers.
(3) The cause of the interruptions affecting the customers supplied from the Huntsman Tce transformer have now been rectified. Western Power expects customers will now experience a return to normal levels of supply reliability.
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