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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
The following answer to a question was provided:
Electricity Supply
(Question No. 77)
Ms Follett asked the Minister for Finance and Urban Services upon notice, on 13 February 1990:
What was the cause of the repeated electricity supply failures in the suburbs of Ainslie and Braddon in early January 1990.
Mr Duby: The answer to the member's question is as follows:
(1) Numerous short-duration electricity supply interruptions were experienced throughout Canberra as a result of tree interference to low voltage lines during high winds over the Christmas period and in early January 1990.
(2) A large amount of tree clearing work for the Ainslie and Braddon areas was identified as a result of ACTEW's advertising program and cyclical inspection program on keeping trees away from power lines. This work was programmed for January 1990.
(3) On 10 January 1990 it was arranged for the electricity supply to be interrupted to 53 customers in Ainslie for up to two hours whilst trees were cleared from overhead power lines. All affected customers were notified of the interruption to supply. Clearing of trees in other areas of Ainslie and Braddon has occurred during January without interruption of supply.
(4) On 4 January 1990 at about 8.00 pm a fault on the ACTEW distribution system in the Braddon area resulted in the interruption of supply to approximately 50 customers for a period of up to 45 minutes. Identified damage to substation equipment necessitated switching the area affected to alternate sources of supply until the damage could be repaired.
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