Reliability Performance in Severe Weather Events
The Commission routinely monitors the reliability performance of the distribution network. The Commission regards it as important to review ETSA Utilities' performance for any significant weather event that may have resulted in a significant number of customers experiencing outages for extended periods of time.
From the evening of Friday 9 July 2010 and across the following weekend, severe weather conditions were experienced in South Australia, with extended periods of rain and strong wind in many centres across the state. One impact of those severe weather conditions was widespread power outages across the electricity distribution network operated by ETSA Utilities, affecting up to 130,000 customers state-wide.
The Commission has released an initial report on ETSA Utilities’ performance during this severe weather event. The report presents information and commentary on the reliability performance of the ETSA Utilities’ distribution network during that severe weather event. The report also discusses the customer service performance of ETSA Utilities during the event.
Given the preliminary nature of the data provided by ETSA Utilities at this point in time for the July 2010 severe weather event, the Commission has confined itself to providing a credible and independent data set and initial analysis and observations.
A report and a short summary in a "Fact Sheet" format has been prepared by the Commission based on information requested from ETSA Utilities by the Commission.
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From the evening of Friday 9 July 2010 and across the following weekend, severe weather conditions were experienced in South Australia, with extended periods of rain and strong wind in many centres across the state. One impact of those severe weather conditions was widespread power outages across the electricity distribution network operated by ETSA Utilities, affecting up to 130,000 customers state-wide.
An initial report and a short summary in a "Fact Sheet" format was released by the Commission in July 2010, based on information requested from ETSA Utilities by the Commission.
A final report on this event will be included in the 2010-11 Annual Performance Report, due to be released in November 2011.
