❓ A WA parliamentary question investigates a Western Power licence contravention related to missing life support customer data and the subsequent reappointment of the Managing Director. The Minister provides details on data reconciliation, meeting frequency, and correspondence related to the issue.
AnsweredQoN 7302Legislative Assembly
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I refer to the decision of May 2011 by Western Power to notify the Economic Regulation Authority of a Type 1, immediately reportable, licence contravention concerning problems with missing data in the database used by Western Power to record life support customer addresses, and I ask:
(a) is all required data now available in the database used by Western Power, and if yes, on what date was the database brought up to date;
(b) was Western Power's licence contravention taken into account when the Government subsequently decided to re-appoint Mr Doug Aberle to the position of Managing Director of Western Power, with an increased salary, if yes, was this licence contravention advised to Cabinet prior to the decision to re-appointment Mr Aberle being made;
(c) can the Minister for Energy please detail the dates of every meeting with the Board or management of Western Power, or any director of Western Power, where the Minister discussed this licence contravention;
(d) can the Minister please detail the dates of any correspondence from the Minister to Western Power concerning this licence contravention; and
(e) can the Minister please detail the dates of any correspondence from Western Power to the Minister concerning this licence contravention?
(a) is all required data now available in the database used by Western Power, and if yes, on what date was the database brought up to date;
(b) was Western Power's licence contravention taken into account when the Government subsequently decided to re-appoint Mr Doug Aberle to the position of Managing Director of Western Power, with an increased salary, if yes, was this licence contravention advised to Cabinet prior to the decision to re-appointment Mr Aberle being made;
(c) can the Minister for Energy please detail the dates of every meeting with the Board or management of Western Power, or any director of Western Power, where the Minister discussed this licence contravention;
(d) can the Minister please detail the dates of any correspondence from the Minister to Western Power concerning this licence contravention; and
(e) can the Minister please detail the dates of any correspondence from Western Power to the Minister concerning this licence contravention?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
21 March 2012
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Energy
Response time
28 days
(a) Yes and Western Power completed the reconciliation and confirmed the database was up to date from 17 May 2011.
(b) I gave my approval to Mr Aberle's reappointment on 6 January 2011.
(c) No specific meeting was held to discuss this matter. However, matters such as this are discussed at regular month meetings between myself and Western Power.
(d) 30 June 2011
(e) 29 July 2011
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(b) I gave my approval to Mr Aberle's reappointment on 6 January 2011.
(c) No specific meeting was held to discuss this matter. However, matters such as this are discussed at regular month meetings between myself and Western Power.
(d) 30 June 2011
(e) 29 July 2011
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