CYCLONE SEROJA — WESTERN POWER —
RECONNECTIONS
198. Hon STEVE MARTIN to the minister representing the
Minister for Energy:
I refer to the
homes and businesses in the midwest affected by cyclone Seroja.
(1) Is the
minister aware how many homes and businesses remain without power in the
midwest region?
(2) Can the
minister advise when power will be restored to those homes and businesses?
(3) Is the
minister considering subsidising the cost of the diesel used in gensets by
victims of cyclone Seroja to power their homes and businesses over the previous
seven weeks?
Hon DARREN
WEST replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. On behalf of the minister representing the
Minister for Energy, I provide the following answer.
(1) As of 1 June,
80 customers remain without power.
(2) Western
Power is working to have customers reconnected within two or three weeks, with final
work on the line to be completed by the end of June 2021.
(3) The McGowan
government is considering all appropriate means of support for those impacted
by tropical cyclone Seroja and thanks the member for Geraldton, Ms Lara Dalton,
MLA; and the members for the Agricultural Region, Hon Darren West, MLC; Hon
Sandra Carr, MLC; and Hon Shelley Payne, MLC, for their advocacy on behalf of
those affected by tropical cyclone Seroja.