Western Power finishes major upgrades to Augusta & Karridale electricity network

Western Power has signed off on works between Karridale and Augusta that will secure the electricity network against future disruptions.

The $1.1 million of work included replacing about 70 poles and 12.5km of conductor along the main feeder line between the two towns.

Western Power acting asset operations executive manager Brett Hovingh said the work was undertaken as a commitment to maintaining and improving the shire’s infrastructure.

“Residents in Augusta, Karridale and surrounds will benefit from enhanced network resilience against seasonal and environmental impacts and the improved safety and reliability performance of the network,” he said.

“We expect that this work will bring valuable improvements to reliability of power supply by helping to reduce any potential outage duration and frequency and create a more resilient network which will benefit the whole community.”

Disruption was minimised by using a temporary major generator for some neighbourhoods during upgrade works.

Completion was also hampered by storms in January as well as total fire ban days in February.