❓ Question regarding Western Power's policy on compensation for property damage due to power outages caused by 'unusual weather conditions', including definition, determination, and data sources.
AnsweredQoN 3015Legislative Assembly
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I refer to Western Power’s policy relating to compensation for property damage, and I ask: (a) what constitutes ‘unusual weather conditions’; (b) who determines whether the weather conditions at any given time are ‘unusual’; and (c) does Western Power use third party data, for instance information from the Bureau of Meteorology?
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Answered
11 November 2014
Responded by
Minister for Energy
Response time
47 days
(a) The term "unusual weather conditions" is not defined in any statute or regulation applying to Western Power. The term was used by Western Power in communications to customers seeking compensation for losses resulting from power outages in areas around Waterman's Bay and Kalbarri. The term is generic and was used to describe the climatic conditions that contributed to the cause of the power outages. Those specific climatic conditions are not frequently experienced.
(b) Western Power.
(c) Yes.
(b) Western Power.
(c) Yes.
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