❓ Hon Dr Steve Thomas asks about power outages, substation capacity, and fire-related reconnection delays in Bullsbrook. The response provides outage statistics and confirms substation capacity but lacks specific details on outage durations, causes, and reconnection delays.

I refer to the locality of Bullsbrook, and I ask:(a) how many power outages have occurred in Bullsbrook in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 to date;(b) for each of the outages in (a) what was the duration of the outage and the cause of the outage;(c) which substations feed the Bullsbrook area and what is the capacity of each of those substations;(d) what is the peak capacity demand at Bullsbrook that is fed through those substations;(e) are those substations capable of providing the capacity needed at peak to Bullsbrook;(f) on how many occasions in 2025 and 2026 to date has reconnection of power users been delayed on advice of fire risk by DFES; and(g) what is the average length of delay of reconnection in part (f)? I refer to the locality of Bullsbrook, and I ask: (a) how many power outages have occurred in Bullsbrook in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 to date; (b) for each of the outages in (a) what was the duration of the outage and the cause of the outage; (c) which substations feed the Bullsbrook area and what is the capacity of each of those substations; (d) what is the peak capacity demand at Bullsbrook that is fed through those substations; (e) are those substations capable of providing the capacity needed at peak to Bullsbrook; (f) on how many occasions in 2025 and 2026 to date has reconnection of power users been delayed on advice of fire risk by DFES; and (g) what is the average length of delay of reconnection in part (f)?

(a) 2023 – 81 unplanned outages 2024 – 97 unplanned outages 2025 – 85 unplanned outages 2026 (to 24 February) – 56 unplanned outages (b) Around one in three unplanned outages were resolved within an hour and close to 90% were resolved in under 12 hours. (c - e) Muchea and Wanneroo Zone Substations currently meet Bullsbrook’s peak demand. (f – g) Western Power follow the advice provided by Department of Fire and Emergency Services and can only intervene to enable reconnection when it is safe to do so.