❓ A WA parliamentary question regarding the proportion of residential gas consumption following a gas supply disruption at Varanus Island. The answer provides data on residential gas usage as a percentage of total consumption and annual petajoule consumption.
AnsweredQoN 668Legislative Council
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APACHE ENERGY GAS PLANT EXPLOSION — RESIDENTIAL GAS CONSUMPTION
I refer to the reported 365 terajoules of gas supply lost a day as a result of the gas pipe rupture at Varanus Island. (1) Is it correct that residential customers account for only three per cent of gas consumption; and, if not, what is the figure? (2) How many terajoules a day do residential customers use in accounting for three per cent of the state’s gas consumption? Hon KIM CHANCE
I refer to the reported 365 terajoules of gas supply lost a day as a result of the gas pipe rupture at Varanus Island. (1) Is it correct that residential customers account for only three per cent of gas consumption; and, if not, what is the figure? (2) How many terajoules a day do residential customers use in accounting for three per cent of the state’s gas consumption? Hon KIM CHANCE
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I thank the honourable Leader of the Opposition for advice of his question. (1) Based on Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics data for 2005-06, residential gas consumption is 2.34 per cent of total natural gas consumption in Western Australia. (2) This corresponds to an annual consumption of nine petajoules. It should be noted that this is annual average consumption. Daily consumption varies significantly through the year; however, detailed information on this is not available.
(1) Is it correct that residential customers account for only three per cent of gas consumption; and, if not, what is the figure? (2) How many terajoules a day do residential customers use in accounting for three per cent of the state’s gas consumption? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the honourable Leader of the Opposition for advice of his question. (1) Based on Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics data for 2005-06, residential gas consumption is 2.34 per cent of total natural gas consumption in Western Australia. (2) This corresponds to an annual consumption of nine petajoules. It should be noted that this is annual average consumption. Daily consumption varies significantly through the year; however, detailed information on this is not available.
(2) How many terajoules a day do residential customers use in accounting for three per cent of the state’s gas consumption? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the honourable Leader of the Opposition for advice of his question. (1) Based on Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics data for 2005-06, residential gas consumption is 2.34 per cent of total natural gas consumption in Western Australia. (2) This corresponds to an annual consumption of nine petajoules. It should be noted that this is annual average consumption. Daily consumption varies significantly through the year; however, detailed information on this is not available.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the honourable Leader of the Opposition for advice of his question. (1) Based on Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics data for 2005-06, residential gas consumption is 2.34 per cent of total natural gas consumption in Western Australia. (2) This corresponds to an annual consumption of nine petajoules. It should be noted that this is annual average consumption. Daily consumption varies significantly through the year; however, detailed information on this is not available.
I thank the honourable Leader of the Opposition for advice of his question. (1) Based on Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics data for 2005-06, residential gas consumption is 2.34 per cent of total natural gas consumption in Western Australia. (2) This corresponds to an annual consumption of nine petajoules. It should be noted that this is annual average consumption. Daily consumption varies significantly through the year; however, detailed information on this is not available.
(1) Based on Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics data for 2005-06, residential gas consumption is 2.34 per cent of total natural gas consumption in Western Australia. (2) This corresponds to an annual consumption of nine petajoules. It should be noted that this is annual average consumption. Daily consumption varies significantly through the year; however, detailed information on this is not available.
(2) This corresponds to an annual consumption of nine petajoules. It should be noted that this is annual average consumption. Daily consumption varies significantly through the year; however, detailed information on this is not available.
(1) Is it correct that residential customers account for only three per cent of gas consumption; and, if not, what is the figure? (2) How many terajoules a day do residential customers use in accounting for three per cent of the state’s gas consumption? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the honourable Leader of the Opposition for advice of his question. (1) Based on Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics data for 2005-06, residential gas consumption is 2.34 per cent of total natural gas consumption in Western Australia. (2) This corresponds to an annual consumption of nine petajoules. It should be noted that this is annual average consumption. Daily consumption varies significantly through the year; however, detailed information on this is not available.
(2) How many terajoules a day do residential customers use in accounting for three per cent of the state’s gas consumption? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the honourable Leader of the Opposition for advice of his question. (1) Based on Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics data for 2005-06, residential gas consumption is 2.34 per cent of total natural gas consumption in Western Australia. (2) This corresponds to an annual consumption of nine petajoules. It should be noted that this is annual average consumption. Daily consumption varies significantly through the year; however, detailed information on this is not available.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the honourable Leader of the Opposition for advice of his question. (1) Based on Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics data for 2005-06, residential gas consumption is 2.34 per cent of total natural gas consumption in Western Australia. (2) This corresponds to an annual consumption of nine petajoules. It should be noted that this is annual average consumption. Daily consumption varies significantly through the year; however, detailed information on this is not available.
I thank the honourable Leader of the Opposition for advice of his question. (1) Based on Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics data for 2005-06, residential gas consumption is 2.34 per cent of total natural gas consumption in Western Australia. (2) This corresponds to an annual consumption of nine petajoules. It should be noted that this is annual average consumption. Daily consumption varies significantly through the year; however, detailed information on this is not available.
(1) Based on Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics data for 2005-06, residential gas consumption is 2.34 per cent of total natural gas consumption in Western Australia. (2) This corresponds to an annual consumption of nine petajoules. It should be noted that this is annual average consumption. Daily consumption varies significantly through the year; however, detailed information on this is not available.
(2) This corresponds to an annual consumption of nine petajoules. It should be noted that this is annual average consumption. Daily consumption varies significantly through the year; however, detailed information on this is not available.
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