Eyre Peninsula Local Government engagement

On Wednesday 24 February, Andrew Nance, Customer Consultative Panel (CCP) Chair and Karina Ewer, CCP member and CEO of Streaky Bay Council, supported by SA Power Networks staff, hosted a focus group with local government representatives on the power supply to the Eyre Peninsula. Approximately 35 local government leaders from across the region attended. The focus session enabled the CCP representatives and SA Power Networks' staff an opportunity to better understand the energy needs of the local Eyre Peninsula community.

The group was pleased to have the opportunity to provide feedback and expressed their thanks for the recent upgrade of the 33kV line supplying Port Lincoln, which now means that the core township of Port Lincoln can avoid disconnection if we do need to disconnect other parts of the EP for bushfire risk management purposes in the future.

The key issue identified during the Forum was worst served customers on the peninsula from a customer reliability perspective. Representatives of SA Power Networks highlighted that that $4M of the $15M reliability improvement program over 2020-25 has been earmarked for worst served customers on the Eyre Peninsula.

SA Power Networks also received really positive feedback on the work the local Depot Staff did for the Pt Lincoln Christmas lights and decorations last year.