❓ Mr. Masters questions Western Power about electricity supply reliability in the Vasse electorate, particularly Busselton, and the planned improvements. Western Power outlines planned capital expenditure and allocated funding for reliability improvements.
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(1) Has Western Power evaluated the current reliability and quality of electricity supplies to the Vasse electorate, in particular, into the Busselton townsite?
(2) If yes, what progress has been made on producing a list of recommended actions or initiatives that are needed for supply reliability improvements to be adequately addressed for this rapidly growing area?
(3) If yes, what key areas of capital expenditure have been recommended by Western Power to overcome deficiencies in supply reliability and what are the costings for each of these key areas?
(4) Has funding been allocated in the 2001/2002 budget or forward estimates for the implementation of any of these recommended actions/initiatives and, if yes, how much has been allocated?
(5) If Western Power has not recently evaluated current supply problems into the Busselton area, why not, considering the numerous complaints made about brown outs, black outs and surges that have been reported to Western Power over recent months?
(2) If yes, what progress has been made on producing a list of recommended actions or initiatives that are needed for supply reliability improvements to be adequately addressed for this rapidly growing area?
(3) If yes, what key areas of capital expenditure have been recommended by Western Power to overcome deficiencies in supply reliability and what are the costings for each of these key areas?
(4) Has funding been allocated in the 2001/2002 budget or forward estimates for the implementation of any of these recommended actions/initiatives and, if yes, how much has been allocated?
(5) If Western Power has not recently evaluated current supply problems into the Busselton area, why not, considering the numerous complaints made about brown outs, black outs and surges that have been reported to Western Power over recent months?
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Answered
14 March 2002
Responded by
Minister for Energy
Response time
22 days
(2) A list of recommended actions has been completed. The majority of these are detailed in the five-year plan. The schedule for this capital works program spans to 2006. (3) The following key areas of capital expenditure have been recommended: Transmission network: Construction of zone substation at Waterloo and construction of new 132kV transmission line from Waterloo to Busselton, $25m Distribution network – total work planned to 2006 is $4m, including: Splitting the Busselton Feeder $150,000 Automatic Reclosers $650,000 Reinforcements to accommodate distribution load growth, such as the installation of regulators $2.6m (4) Funding for the following initiatives has been allocated in the 2000/01 year: · Possum guards (ongoing) $10,000 · Fault indicators (ongoing) $20,000 · Eagle Bay upgrade (work completed) $60,000 · Marrinup Drive Link to Yallingup (work completed) $100,000 · Installation of regulator on Dunsborough Feeder $110,000 (5) Not applicable. See response to (1).
(3) The following key areas of capital expenditure have been recommended: Transmission network: Construction of zone substation at Waterloo and construction of new 132kV transmission line from Waterloo to Busselton, $25m Distribution network – total work planned to 2006 is $4m, including: Splitting the Busselton Feeder $150,000 Automatic Reclosers $650,000 Reinforcements to accommodate distribution load growth, such as the installation of regulators $2.6m (4) Funding for the following initiatives has been allocated in the 2000/01 year: · Possum guards (ongoing) $10,000 · Fault indicators (ongoing) $20,000 · Eagle Bay upgrade (work completed) $60,000 · Marrinup Drive Link to Yallingup (work completed) $100,000 · Installation of regulator on Dunsborough Feeder $110,000 (5) Not applicable. See response to (1).
Transmission network: Construction of zone substation at Waterloo and construction of new 132kV transmission line from Waterloo to Busselton, $25m Distribution network – total work planned to 2006 is $4m, including: Splitting the Busselton Feeder $150,000 Automatic Reclosers $650,000 Reinforcements to accommodate distribution load growth, such as the installation of regulators $2.6m (4) Funding for the following initiatives has been allocated in the 2000/01 year: · Possum guards (ongoing) $10,000 · Fault indicators (ongoing) $20,000 · Eagle Bay upgrade (work completed) $60,000 · Marrinup Drive Link to Yallingup (work completed) $100,000 · Installation of regulator on Dunsborough Feeder $110,000 (5) Not applicable. See response to (1).
Construction of zone substation at Waterloo and construction of new 132kV transmission line from Waterloo to Busselton, $25m Distribution network – total work planned to 2006 is $4m, including: Splitting the Busselton Feeder $150,000 Automatic Reclosers $650,000 Reinforcements to accommodate distribution load growth, such as the installation of regulators $2.6m (4) Funding for the following initiatives has been allocated in the 2000/01 year: · Possum guards (ongoing) $10,000 · Fault indicators (ongoing) $20,000 · Eagle Bay upgrade (work completed) $60,000 · Marrinup Drive Link to Yallingup (work completed) $100,000 · Installation of regulator on Dunsborough Feeder $110,000 (5) Not applicable. See response to (1).
Distribution network – total work planned to 2006 is $4m, including: Splitting the Busselton Feeder $150,000 Automatic Reclosers $650,000 Reinforcements to accommodate distribution load growth, such as the installation of regulators $2.6m (4) Funding for the following initiatives has been allocated in the 2000/01 year: · Possum guards (ongoing) $10,000 · Fault indicators (ongoing) $20,000 · Eagle Bay upgrade (work completed) $60,000 · Marrinup Drive Link to Yallingup (work completed) $100,000 · Installation of regulator on Dunsborough Feeder $110,000 (5) Not applicable. See response to (1).
Splitting the Busselton Feeder $150,000 Automatic Reclosers $650,000 Reinforcements to accommodate distribution load growth, such as the installation of regulators $2.6m (4) Funding for the following initiatives has been allocated in the 2000/01 year: · Possum guards (ongoing) $10,000 · Fault indicators (ongoing) $20,000 · Eagle Bay upgrade (work completed) $60,000 · Marrinup Drive Link to Yallingup (work completed) $100,000 · Installation of regulator on Dunsborough Feeder $110,000 (5) Not applicable. See response to (1).
· Possum guards (ongoing) $10,000 · Fault indicators (ongoing) $20,000 · Eagle Bay upgrade (work completed) $60,000 · Marrinup Drive Link to Yallingup (work completed) $100,000 · Installation of regulator on Dunsborough Feeder $110,000 (5) Not applicable. See response to (1).
(5) Not applicable. See response to (1).
(3) The following key areas of capital expenditure have been recommended: Transmission network: Construction of zone substation at Waterloo and construction of new 132kV transmission line from Waterloo to Busselton, $25m Distribution network – total work planned to 2006 is $4m, including: Splitting the Busselton Feeder $150,000 Automatic Reclosers $650,000 Reinforcements to accommodate distribution load growth, such as the installation of regulators $2.6m (4) Funding for the following initiatives has been allocated in the 2000/01 year: · Possum guards (ongoing) $10,000 · Fault indicators (ongoing) $20,000 · Eagle Bay upgrade (work completed) $60,000 · Marrinup Drive Link to Yallingup (work completed) $100,000 · Installation of regulator on Dunsborough Feeder $110,000 (5) Not applicable. See response to (1).
Transmission network: Construction of zone substation at Waterloo and construction of new 132kV transmission line from Waterloo to Busselton, $25m Distribution network – total work planned to 2006 is $4m, including: Splitting the Busselton Feeder $150,000 Automatic Reclosers $650,000 Reinforcements to accommodate distribution load growth, such as the installation of regulators $2.6m (4) Funding for the following initiatives has been allocated in the 2000/01 year: · Possum guards (ongoing) $10,000 · Fault indicators (ongoing) $20,000 · Eagle Bay upgrade (work completed) $60,000 · Marrinup Drive Link to Yallingup (work completed) $100,000 · Installation of regulator on Dunsborough Feeder $110,000 (5) Not applicable. See response to (1).
Construction of zone substation at Waterloo and construction of new 132kV transmission line from Waterloo to Busselton, $25m Distribution network – total work planned to 2006 is $4m, including: Splitting the Busselton Feeder $150,000 Automatic Reclosers $650,000 Reinforcements to accommodate distribution load growth, such as the installation of regulators $2.6m (4) Funding for the following initiatives has been allocated in the 2000/01 year: · Possum guards (ongoing) $10,000 · Fault indicators (ongoing) $20,000 · Eagle Bay upgrade (work completed) $60,000 · Marrinup Drive Link to Yallingup (work completed) $100,000 · Installation of regulator on Dunsborough Feeder $110,000 (5) Not applicable. See response to (1).
Distribution network – total work planned to 2006 is $4m, including: Splitting the Busselton Feeder $150,000 Automatic Reclosers $650,000 Reinforcements to accommodate distribution load growth, such as the installation of regulators $2.6m (4) Funding for the following initiatives has been allocated in the 2000/01 year: · Possum guards (ongoing) $10,000 · Fault indicators (ongoing) $20,000 · Eagle Bay upgrade (work completed) $60,000 · Marrinup Drive Link to Yallingup (work completed) $100,000 · Installation of regulator on Dunsborough Feeder $110,000 (5) Not applicable. See response to (1).
Splitting the Busselton Feeder $150,000 Automatic Reclosers $650,000 Reinforcements to accommodate distribution load growth, such as the installation of regulators $2.6m (4) Funding for the following initiatives has been allocated in the 2000/01 year: · Possum guards (ongoing) $10,000 · Fault indicators (ongoing) $20,000 · Eagle Bay upgrade (work completed) $60,000 · Marrinup Drive Link to Yallingup (work completed) $100,000 · Installation of regulator on Dunsborough Feeder $110,000 (5) Not applicable. See response to (1).
· Possum guards (ongoing) $10,000 · Fault indicators (ongoing) $20,000 · Eagle Bay upgrade (work completed) $60,000 · Marrinup Drive Link to Yallingup (work completed) $100,000 · Installation of regulator on Dunsborough Feeder $110,000 (5) Not applicable. See response to (1).
(5) Not applicable. See response to (1).
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