❓ The question seeks data on Western Power's assessment times for commercial project applications. The answer indicates no backlog but reveals a significant number of applications exceeding the 20-day assessment timeframe.
AnsweredQoN 759Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
I refer to commercial applications received by the validation unit within Western Power, and I ask: (a) how many commercial projects are currently waiting to be assessed at the validation stage since October 2021; and (b) how many commercial applications have exceeded the 20 business day timeframe for technical assessment stage since October 2021?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
9 August 2022
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Energy
Response time
11 days
(a) There are no commercial applications waiting to be assessed, as all new requests are allocated and put under assessment within 10 business days of receipt.
(b) Of 1386 commercial applications assessed from October 2021 to the end of April 2022, 387 assessments exceeded the 20-business day timeframe, noting that customer wait time is included in the recording of business days to complete the application assessment.
(b) Of 1386 commercial applications assessed from October 2021 to the end of April 2022, 387 assessments exceeded the 20-business day timeframe, noting that customer wait time is included in the recording of business days to complete the application assessment.
Explore WA Government Data
Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.
Explore more
Government Gazette
Appointments, regulatory notices, planning changes.
Hansard
Debates, questions, speeches and sentiment.
Tabled Papers
Reports and documents tabled in Parliament.
Committees
Committee profiles and recent reports.
Regulations
Subsidiary legislation with filters and summaries.
Bills
Proposed laws and parliamentary progress.
Acts
Current WA legislation and summaries.
Explanatory Memoranda
Bills with EMs (text/PDF) available.
Members
MP profiles, party breakdown and rankings.
Pollie Rankings
Data-driven rankings across 19 categories.
Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.