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"Victoria’s energy minister will push for a national approach to weatherproof
the electricity grid, with about 77,000 properties still without power after a
deadly storm brought down transmission lines.
Lily D’Ambrosio said the storm, which swept through the state on Tuesday
afternoon and resulted in the death of a dairy farmer in South Gippsland, has
caused “one of the largest outage events in the state’s history”.
As of 10.30am Thursday, 77,000 homes and businesses remain without power, with
the majority located in the state’s east, according to the Department of
Energy, Environment and Climate Action.
D’Ambrosio has stressed the need to make the country’s electricity grid more
resilient given climate change was leading to more extreme weather events.
“I’ve also put on the agenda, nationally, the need for us to actually have a
system-wide understanding, appreciation and a set of solutions,” D’Ambrosio
told reporters from the state control centre on Wednesday.
“Poles and wires just don’t stop at the borders. Transmission lines don’t stop
at the borders. Climate change and more frequent and extreme weather events …
sadly means that we’re going to see more of that happening.
“What are the resilience measures that we need to embed in the system to ensure
that we are better prepared, communities are better prepared, for such events?”
Guardian Australia understands D’Ambrosio met with the Australian Energy
Regulator, which oversees the transmission network service, to discuss the
issue on Wednesday afternoon."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
