Page 4610 - Week 12 - Thursday, 1 November 2018
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The contract, which was executed on 6 April 2018, provides for a mobilisation period from 1 May to 31 October 2018 to enable Electrix to undertake a number of preparatory tasks, including establishing its Canberra-based operations. During the mobilisation period, Electrix has also been addressing the backlog of faults that existed prior to 1 June 2018. As at 1 October 2018, Electrix has completed 2,098 of the 2,283 backlog jobs.
The energy performance contract is made up of three parts. The first is the operation and maintenance of the streetlight network. This includes repairing and/or replacing lights reported as faulty, mending underground and above-ground cable faults and attending and making safe vehicle crashes or collisions with streetlight columns and cables. The second is the replacement program of LEDs to be installed. This places the onus on the contractor to meet the guaranteed energy savings through the implementation of energy-saving measures. If the guaranteed energy savings are not met, the deficit is an amount owing to the territory. The third is the rollout of the smart city backbone, which will provide sufficient communications coverage across the territory. The smart city backbone will be able to report faults and outages associated with the streetlight network, which will be monitored in real time.
The energy performance contract focuses on faster response times when compared with the previous street lighting contract. Nominated response times to attend to simple defects, when reported by a third party, will be two days and take effect from 1 November 2018. This is compared to the previous 10-day turnaround.
Maintenance response times will be monitored through a rigorous abatement regime making the contractor accountable for defects raised by community members. The Electrix contract will also implement an improved digital control management system as part of the smart city backbone, which will improve capacity and accountability for responding to requests for service.
Importantly, the streetlight contract has a strong focus on safety, with the contractor upgrading wiring, where necessary, to ensure that streetlight assets meet current AS/NZS 3000 wiring standards.
The contract is based on the principles of collaboration and cooperation between the territory and the contractor. On this basis, safety and compliance have been part of an ongoing discussion with key stakeholders, including regulators across the ACT government directorates, to ensure that the next generation of lights are compliant with current standards.
The streetlight replacement program focuses on increasing energy efficiency and commenced on 6 September. The LEDs can be assembled into a module for use in lighting fixtures and boast a longer lifespan, lower energy use and less maintenance requirements when compared with traditional lamp lighting.
The program will target the higher power lamps to begin with, high-speed roads and arterial and collector roads. Work at a suburb level will follow.
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