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❓ Mr. Zempilas questions Western Power about the generator contribution program, specifically the basis for the $1000 amount and program statistics over the past five financial years. The answer provides the rationale for the contribution and outlines claims lodged, approved, and expenditure for each year.

AnsweredQoN 788Legislative Assembly

Asked

17 September 2025

Member

Mr Basil Zempilas

Portfolio

Energy and Decarbonisation; Manufacturing; Skills and TAFE; Pilbara

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I refer to Western Power's generator contribution program, and I ask: (a) how was the $1000 amount determined; and (b) For the FY21, FY22, FY23, FY24 and FY25: (i) how many claims were received; (ii) how many claims were approved; (iii) total amount paid out; and (iv) how many claims were for an applicant in the situation where planned supply interruption was cancelled within five days of the date of the planned supply interruption: (A) for these claims, how many were approved?

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Answered

21 October 2025

Responded by

Minister for Energy and Decarbonisation; Manufacturing; Skills and TAFE; Pilbara

Response time

5 days

(a) The generator contribution program contributes to the average cost of hiring a generator needed to serve small use business customers (up to 160MWh of electricity per annum).
(b) Western Power provides eligible customers with an application form to apply for the generator contribution program following enquiry.
Claims formally lodged and approved over the last five financial years are outlined below. This includes claims for cancelled planned outages.
?Financial Year
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Claims Lodged
564
621
468
388
569
Claims Approved
564
621
468
388
569
Program Expenditure
$532,610.65
$588,091.92
$510,855.57
$482,787.49
$654,179.89

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