At the end of May, we held a community drop-in session in the town to gain insight and better understand the community's felt experience, begin initial collaboration and gather possible suggestions for improvements.
How to get involved?
As we continue to explore innovative long-term solutions for improved reliability, we have established a Community Partnered Working Group, which will represent your community alongside Western Power. If this sounds like something you would like to be a part of, please email RegionalConnectProgram@westernpower.com.au
Initial works
We aim to deliver the below initial works over the next 18 months. On completion of these works, we expect to see an improvement in restoration times following an unplanned outage.
Type of work
| Installation of reclosers | 3 |
| Installation of new automated load break switches | 2 |
| Installation of new pole top switches | 11 |
| Installation of new transformer | 1 |
| Installation of new fuse savers | 3 |
| Installation of voltage regulator | 1 |
| Relocation of existing load break switch | 1 |
High Voltage Injection Unity (HVIU)
To provide a level of assurance to the community, we’re proposing to install a High Voltage Injection Unit (HVIU) as a short-term solution for back-up supply for the Lancelin area.
A HVIU is a mobile substation that provides backup generation to a community in the event of an unplanned power outage.
The HVIU is connected to a number of generators to power a larger area than what would normally be possible when using a standard generator.
The generators are connected to existing network infrastructure delivering continued power supply during an extended outage.
