Eyre Peninsula - Pt. Lincoln Engagement Workshop
As part of our Regulatory Proposal Reset Engagement for 2025-2030, we engaged with our regional stakeholders across the State to discuss their access to, current needs, and future priorities for electricity.
To speak to our customers in Port Lincoln, we held an in-person workshop at The Lincoln Hotel on 25 May 2022. The workshop was planned for an all-day engagement session, breaking for morning tea and lunch.
Mel Lambert from ThinkHuman facilitated the workshop with the Executive Leadership Team and Stakeholder Engagement Team members, representing SA Power Networks.
Who did we engage?
Twenty-eight members of the greater Eyre Peninsula region attended the workshop, including residential and business customers along with industry representatives. SA Power Networks’ depot staff from the region were also in attendance along with representatives from the local councils.
Dr. Jessie Bryne and Peter Scott from our Community Advisory Board (CAB) were also present at the workshop.
SA Power Networks was represented at the workshop by Mark Vincent, Doug Schmidt, Jess Vonthethoff, Bryn Williams, Dan Popping, and Alex Lewis.
What did we engage on?
Participants at the workshop were provided with a background about the role SA Power Networks plays within the operations of the electricity network. To understand SA Power Networks’ role in the distribution of electricity, click here to download a copy of the presentation from our Pt. Lincoln workshop.
This was followed by an in-depth presentation by the Executive Leadership Team on the four major themes of our Regulatory Proposal. The themes are:
- Affordable and equitable energy supply
- A reliable, resilient, and safe electricity network
- Customer experience, choice and empowerment
- Enabling clean energy and unlocking future value for our State
To learn more about our four themes, click here to download a copy of our presentation from our Pt. Lincoln workshop. A panel discussion with the members of the community and key stakeholders was held next, with the key speakers answering questions from the participants about the current issues affecting the region.
After lunch, the participants were broken into four smaller groups, brainstorming community-led ideas around the four themes, and discussing possible activities, projects, and investments for the future electricity grid in the region. Customers were also invited to prioritise their suggested levels of investment from each of the four themes, ranging from basic, compliant, and new value.
For the Port Lincoln area, reliability of supply is critically important for customers with no blackouts in the town, with attention given to engineering solutions to improve the reliability of rural supply. Participants also wanted assurance of SA Power Networks’ ability to meet its customer service obligations and want a network representative responsive to future requirements in terms of volume and location.
Workshop Reports
Read a detailed report of our Eyre Peninsula Engagement Workshop to find out our key learnings from the session.
To know what our participants thought about our engagement session, read our Participation Evaluation Report.
Click here to access our Engagement Infographic Summary for a quick overview of our session, documenting who we engaged with and what our key findings were.
