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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 364 asked in the Legislative Council on 10 May 2022 by Hon James Hayward

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

WESTERN POWER — CONDUCTOR FAILURE RISK

364. Hon JAMES HAYWARD to the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Energy:

I refer to the Western Power State of the infrastructure report 2020/21.

(1) With regard to the 3 769 conductors considered to be at higher risk of failure, when will this risk be removed?

(2) With regard to the 567 kilometres of high-risk conductors in high population centres and bushfire-prone risk areas, when will that risk be removed?

(3) What action is Western Power able to take to remove the risk of clashing conductors considering the likelihood of increased extreme weather events in the future?

(4) What is the estimated cost of removing the risk of clashing conductors across the south west interconnected system?

Hon MATTHEW SWINBOURN replied:

I thank the member for some notice of the question. The following information has been provided to me by the Minister for Energy.

It is not possible to provide the information requested in the time required and I therefore ask the honourable member to place his question on notice.