❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks details on the allocation of $2.3 billion for electrical network upgrades, focusing on prioritisation, renewable energy integration, infrastructure replacement, and load management. The answer refers to publicly available documents and regulatory processes.
AnsweredQoN 2538Legislative Council
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In relation to the announced $2.3 billion expenditure on electrical networks upgrades -
(1) Who is responsible for prioritising the expenditure of that money?
(2) What principles and criteria will be used in allocation of that money?
(3) Has a projected budget for the expenditure of that money been developed?
(4) If yes, will the Minister table that document?
(5) If not, why not?
(6) How much of the money will be used for reinforcement of the grid to facilitate the connection of renewable energy generation -
(a) across the entire SWIS; and
(b) at the extremities of the SWIS?
(7) What proportion of that money will be used to replace existing poles and wires -
(a) in metropolitan areas; and
(b) in regional areas?
(8) What proportion of the money will be used for load management on the grid?
(1) Who is responsible for prioritising the expenditure of that money?
(2) What principles and criteria will be used in allocation of that money?
(3) Has a projected budget for the expenditure of that money been developed?
(4) If yes, will the Minister table that document?
(5) If not, why not?
(6) How much of the money will be used for reinforcement of the grid to facilitate the connection of renewable energy generation -
(a) across the entire SWIS; and
(b) at the extremities of the SWIS?
(7) What proportion of that money will be used to replace existing poles and wires -
(a) in metropolitan areas; and
(b) in regional areas?
(8) What proportion of the money will be used for load management on the grid?
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Answered
20 September 2005
Responded by
Leader of the House representing the Minister for Energy
Response time
27 days
(b) at the extremities of the SWIS?
(b) in regional areas?
(2) Broad engineering principles and criteria for network asset management and managing growth are published by Western Power. These principles are discussed in documents available on the Western Power website including: Transmission and Distribution Annual Planning Report; Transmission and Distribution Asset Management Report; and Annual Bushfire Management Plan. (3) The detailed expenditure program is the subject of the Western Power Networks Access Arrangement submitted to the Economic Regulation Authority on 24 August 2005. (4) The draft Access Arrangement referred to in (3) will be published by the Economic Regulation Authority in the immediate future and will be available on the Authority's website. (5) The information is soon to be publicly available as discussed in (4). (6) Grid reinforcement as necessary is undertaken in response to applications for connection of new generators regardless of whether or not renewable plant is involved. (7) Power poles are replaced based on the assessed pole condition and the allocation of expenditure between country and metropolitan areas is uncertain. More generally, the final asset management program will be published following the Economic Regulation Authority's approval of the Access Arrangement. (8) Load management by the Western Power Networks business is an alternative option which is considered on a case by case basis when grid reinforcements are considered to be necessary and is not separately budgeted. In the future, as provided by the Electricity Networks Access Code 2004 , a network service provider must consider demand side management or other generation solutions (such as distributed generation) before committing to any major grid augmentation.
(7) Power poles are replaced based on the assessed pole condition and the allocation of expenditure between country and metropolitan areas is uncertain. More generally, the final asset management program will be published following the Economic Regulation Authority's approval of the Access Arrangement. (8) Load management by the Western Power Networks business is an alternative option which is considered on a case by case basis when grid reinforcements are considered to be necessary and is not separately budgeted. In the future, as provided by the Electricity Networks Access Code 2004 , a network service provider must consider demand side management or other generation solutions (such as distributed generation) before committing to any major grid augmentation.
(8) Load management by the Western Power Networks business is an alternative option which is considered on a case by case basis when grid reinforcements are considered to be necessary and is not separately budgeted. In the future, as provided by the Electricity Networks Access Code 2004 , a network service provider must consider demand side management or other generation solutions (such as distributed generation) before committing to any major grid augmentation.
(b) in regional areas?
(2) Broad engineering principles and criteria for network asset management and managing growth are published by Western Power. These principles are discussed in documents available on the Western Power website including: Transmission and Distribution Annual Planning Report; Transmission and Distribution Asset Management Report; and Annual Bushfire Management Plan. (3) The detailed expenditure program is the subject of the Western Power Networks Access Arrangement submitted to the Economic Regulation Authority on 24 August 2005. (4) The draft Access Arrangement referred to in (3) will be published by the Economic Regulation Authority in the immediate future and will be available on the Authority's website. (5) The information is soon to be publicly available as discussed in (4). (6) Grid reinforcement as necessary is undertaken in response to applications for connection of new generators regardless of whether or not renewable plant is involved. (7) Power poles are replaced based on the assessed pole condition and the allocation of expenditure between country and metropolitan areas is uncertain. More generally, the final asset management program will be published following the Economic Regulation Authority's approval of the Access Arrangement. (8) Load management by the Western Power Networks business is an alternative option which is considered on a case by case basis when grid reinforcements are considered to be necessary and is not separately budgeted. In the future, as provided by the Electricity Networks Access Code 2004 , a network service provider must consider demand side management or other generation solutions (such as distributed generation) before committing to any major grid augmentation.
(7) Power poles are replaced based on the assessed pole condition and the allocation of expenditure between country and metropolitan areas is uncertain. More generally, the final asset management program will be published following the Economic Regulation Authority's approval of the Access Arrangement. (8) Load management by the Western Power Networks business is an alternative option which is considered on a case by case basis when grid reinforcements are considered to be necessary and is not separately budgeted. In the future, as provided by the Electricity Networks Access Code 2004 , a network service provider must consider demand side management or other generation solutions (such as distributed generation) before committing to any major grid augmentation.
(8) Load management by the Western Power Networks business is an alternative option which is considered on a case by case basis when grid reinforcements are considered to be necessary and is not separately budgeted. In the future, as provided by the Electricity Networks Access Code 2004 , a network service provider must consider demand side management or other generation solutions (such as distributed generation) before committing to any major grid augmentation.
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