Question On Notice No. 2305 asked in the Legislative Council on 6 August 2019 by Hon Donna Faragher
Question Directed to the: Minister for Environment representing the Minister for Energy
Parliament: 40 Session: 1
Question
(1) Since 1 July 2018, how many power outages have occurred in:
(a) Gidgegannup;
(b) Darlington;
(c) Chidlow;
(d) Stoneville; and
(e) Parkerville?
(2) For each township referred to in (1), what was the cause of each outage?
Answered on 3 September 2019
(1) Please note, some of the below locations experienced the same outage.
(a) Gidgegannup -130
(b) Darlington - 28
(c) Chidlow - 33
(d) Stoneville - 22
(e) Parkerville - 50
(2)
(a) Gidgegannup
|
Cause
|
Number of outages
|
|
Planned outage
|
36
|
|
Emergency outage for hazard
|
33
|
|
Vegetation
|
10
|
|
Fire (not pole top fire)
|
1
|
|
Animal
|
6
|
|
Bird
|
4
|
|
Customer Installation or Appliance
|
4
|
|
Vehicle
|
1
|
|
Equipment Failure
|
11
|
|
Lightning
|
3
|
|
Wind or wind Bourne Debris
|
2
|
|
Unknown
|
19
|
(b) Darlington
|
Cause
|
Number of outages
|
|
Planned outage
|
7
|
|
Emergency outage for hazard
|
3
|
|
Vegetation
|
1
|
|
Bird
|
2
|
|
Customer Installation or Appliance
|
4
|
|
Equipment Failure
|
6
|
|
Unknown
|
5
|
(c) Chidlow
|
Cause
|
Number of outages
|
|
Planned outage
|
4
|
|
Emergency outage for hazard
|
7
|
|
Fire (not pole top fire)
|
2
|
|
Customer Installation or Appliance
|
2
|
|
Vehicle
|
1
|
|
Equipment Failure
|
6
|
|
Wind or wind Bourne Debris
|
3
|
|
Unknown
|
8
|
(d) Stoneville
|
Cause
|
Number of outages
|
|
Planned outage
|
3
|
|
Emergency outage for hazard
|
5
|
|
Vegetation
|
2
|
|
Animal
|
1
|
|
Bird
|
2
|
|
Equipment Failure
|
1
|
|
Wind or wind Bourne Debris
|
1
|
|
Unknown
|
7
|
(e) Parkerville
|
Cause
|
Number of outages
|
|
Planned outage
|
14
|
|
Emergency outage for hazard
|
5
|
|
Vegetation
|
1
|
|
Bird
|
5
|
|
Customer Installation or Appliance
|
1
|
|
Equipment Failure
|
7
|
|
Wind or wind Bourne Debris
|
1
|
|
Machine or Tool
|
1
|
|
Vandalism or wilful damage
|
1
|
|
Unknown
|
14
|