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1464 - Energy and Utilities - ESSENTIAL ENERGY BLACKOUT AND POWER OUTAGE REPORTS

Mookhey, Daniel to the Minister for Resources, Minister for Energy and Utilities, Minister for Arts, Vice-President of the Executive Council
  1. How many blackouts or power outages did Essential Energy report in the following years?
    1. 2016
    2. 2015
    3. 2014
  2. How many blackouts or power outages did Endeavour Energy report in the following years?
    1. 2016
    2. 2015
    3. 2014
  3. How many blackouts or power outages did Ausgrid report in the following years?
    1. 2016
    2. 2015
    3. 2014
Answer -

The accepted standard measure for reliability performance is SAIFI (System Average Interruption Frequency Index), which is the average number of interruptions per customer per annum. I am advised representative figures for unplanned interruptions are:

  1. ESSENTIAL ENERGY:
    2013⁄14 - 1.7
    2014⁄15 - 2.0
    2015⁄16 - 1.8
  2. ENDEAVOUR ENERGY:
    2013⁄14 - 1
    2014⁄15  - less than 1
    2015⁄16 3 - less than 1
  3. USGRID:
    2013⁄14 - less than 1
    2014⁄15 - less than 1
    2015⁄16 - less than 1

Question asked on 6 April 2017 (session 56-1) and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 101
Answer received on 11 May 2017 and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 107