Question regarding the number of electric pole fires and resulting power disruptions in both SWIS and non-SWIS areas during 2003. The answer provides specific numbers for regional areas and an estimate for SWIS.

AnsweredQoN 1669Legislative Council
Asked
2 March 2004
Portfolio
Energy

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With regard to electricity outages -
(1) How many electric pole fires are recorded in the SWIS and non-SWIS areas in the calendar year 2003?
(2) How many of these lead to power disruption by area?

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Answered
31 March 2004
Responded by
Minister for Local Government and Regional Development representing the Minister for Energy
Response time
29 days
2. 99 per cent of those on the SWIS would have resulted in power disruption of some sort. All those in regional areas resulted in power interruptions to some customers in each of the towns concerned, which were Hopetoun (5), Esperance (4) and Carnarvon (2).

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