WESTERN POWER — CAPITAL EQUIPMENT
797. Hon Dr STEVE THOMAS to the minister representing the
Minister for Energy:
I
refer to the 2021 annual report of Western Power, which on page 47 has plant
and equipment listed at a capital value of $10.72 billion as at 30 June
2021.
(1) How much of the $10.72 billion
is represented by —
(a) poles;
(b) cables;
(c) substations; and
(d) transformers?
(2) Given that
page 72 of the report shows us that the estimated useful life of substations,
transformers, poles and cables is 45 to 50 years, what proportion of each of
those categories is over 50 years old?
Hon
ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:
I do not have an answer to that here
in my file. I will ask someone to follow that up and bring in the answer. I will
answer it at the end of question time.