{"id":68162,"date":"2022-11-28T07:28:18","date_gmt":"2022-11-27T20:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=68162"},"modified":"2022-11-28T07:57:02","modified_gmt":"2022-11-27T21:27:02","slug":"electricity-network-reliability-wa-mb2730","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/electricity-network-reliability-wa-mb2730\/","title":{"rendered":"Revealed: Electricity Network Reliability In Western Australia’s SWIN"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Electricity<\/p>\n

WA’s Western Power recently added an interesting new electricity network reliability section to its website.<\/p>\n

State Government owned Western Power is tasked with building, maintaining and operating an electricity network connecting 2.3 million customers. Forming the vast majority of the South West Interconnected Network (SWIN), Western Power’s patch covers 255,064 square kilometres – from Kalbarri in the north to Kalgoorlie in the east and Albany in the south, and includes the Perth metropolitan area.<\/p>\n

As in any electricity network, sometimes bad things happen. And they certainly did for a bunch of Perth households during sweltering conditions last year. A series of blackouts began on Christmas Eve and lasted until December 28, impacting 107,000 Western Power customers. But beyond Perth there are a number of areas experiencing significant electricity reliability issues on an ongoing basis, both in terms of the frequency of blackouts and their duration.<\/p>\n

Among the recommendations of an independent review of the Christmas 2021 event were improvements to the company’s customer and community communications.<\/p>\n

\u201cPart of our work in implementing the review\u2019s recommendations includes improving the way we communicate with the community and key stakeholders regarding reliability,\u201d said Western Power Growth Executive Ben Stanton last week.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

SWIN Local Government Areas Most Impacted<\/h2>\n

One of the enhancements has come in the form of a new web page with information on locations particularly prone to power outages. These are generally in regional areas, which have infrastructure more affected by severe weather events.<\/p>\n

The following is a summary of the LGAs most impacted. The times noted are average times without power per customer in 2021\/22 compared to 2020\/21.<\/p>\n