❓ Hon Robin Chapple requests a summary of all active power stations in WA, including details on age, capacity, fuel, employees, grid connection, and closure schedule. The Minister provides limited data, citing data access limitations and tabling a document with available information.
AnsweredQoN 1310Legislative Council
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POWER
STATIONS
1310. Hon ROBIN CHAPPLE to the
Leader of the House representing the Minister for Energy:
Would the minister please provide a summary of all active
power stations in Western Australia, including age, capacity profile, fuel
and/or mine type, number of employees, whether it is on or off the grid, and
the closure schedule?
STATIONS
1310. Hon ROBIN CHAPPLE to the
Leader of the House representing the Minister for Energy:
Would the minister please provide a summary of all active
power stations in Western Australia, including age, capacity profile, fuel
and/or mine type, number of employees, whether it is on or off the grid, and
the closure schedule?
AnswerView source ↗
The Public Utilities Office has relied on the Independent
Market Operator for data concerning generators on the south west interconnected
system and has reported the maximum sent-out capacity offered by these
facilities into the balancing market as of 25 November 2014. These figures may
differ slightly from the number of capacity credits awarded and from facility
nameplate capacity owing to factors including parasitic load and ambient
temperature. For north west interconnected system and non-interconnected system
facilities, various sources have been used, as there is no single definitive
list of facilities. The nature of mining operations has not been investigated.
The Public Utilities Office does not have access to data on the number of
employees or on the closure schedule of power stations. The expected plant life
of power stations is variable, a function of maintenance regimes and commercial
considerations.
I table the attached document.
[See paper 2309.]
Market Operator for data concerning generators on the south west interconnected
system and has reported the maximum sent-out capacity offered by these
facilities into the balancing market as of 25 November 2014. These figures may
differ slightly from the number of capacity credits awarded and from facility
nameplate capacity owing to factors including parasitic load and ambient
temperature. For north west interconnected system and non-interconnected system
facilities, various sources have been used, as there is no single definitive
list of facilities. The nature of mining operations has not been investigated.
The Public Utilities Office does not have access to data on the number of
employees or on the closure schedule of power stations. The expected plant life
of power stations is variable, a function of maintenance regimes and commercial
considerations.
I table the attached document.
[See paper 2309.]
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