❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks data on Kalgoorlie's power supply, including interruptions, backup generator usage, daily consumption, and generator capacity. The answer provides some data, but lacks year-by-year breakdown requested.
AnsweredQoN 1804Legislative Assembly
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I refer to Kalgoorlie's power supply over the period 2020/21 to 2023/24 inclusive, and I ask, for each year: (a) on how many occasions was power supply to Kalgoorlie consumers interrupted for any reason; (b) on how many occasions was the government's Kalgoorlie gas turbine back up generator utilised; (c) what is the average daily power consumption from the South West Interconnected System for Kalgoorlie; and (d) what is the power supply capacity of the government's Kalgoorlie gas turbine back up generator?
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Answered
27 November 2024
Responded by
Minister for Energy
Response time
7 days
a) Interruptions on the 220kV line resulted in 5 outages.
b) 13. The backup generators are used to reinstate supply to Kalgoorlie for both unplanned outages and to enable routine planned maintenance.
c) 2373 Megawatt hours.
d) Synergy’s West Kalgoorlie Power Station has a total capacity of 53.55 Mega Watts.
b) 13. The backup generators are used to reinstate supply to Kalgoorlie for both unplanned outages and to enable routine planned maintenance.
c) 2373 Megawatt hours.
d) Synergy’s West Kalgoorlie Power Station has a total capacity of 53.55 Mega Watts.
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