In order to avoid next summer's blackout in Australia over the weekend this year, all parties in the state have begun to develop a series of strategies, including financial subsidies to families and businesses in the state, according to the Times. Encourage them to reduce their electricity consumption.
Victoria Electric will soon advise the state's government to encourage consumers to turn off unnecessary electrical equipment, including computers, microwave ovens and pool pumps, during peak hours in hot weather.
On this year's Australian Day weekend, nearly 95,000 families and businesses in Victoria went out of power. The record hot weather led to a surge in electricity consumption in Victoria, which led to a power outage.
At that time, the state consumer power cut for 30 hours, triggered tens of thousands of yuan in compensation cases.
Governor Andrews also lamented the outage, hoping the state's electricity assets had never been privatised.
Authorities reviewed the outage and found it was caused by a series of local failures in the private power network, not by a lack of supplies. As a result, the investigation department made 15 recommendations to prevent similar incidents.
This includes the extensive implementation of power demand management. Under the plan, consumers who turn off electrical appliances will be compensated when most others keep working on them.
Smart meter data will be used to predict when electricity demand will soar, and dealers will be able to send messages to consumers involved in the compensation plan to reduce their electricity consumption.
It is reported that the plan has been carried out twice on trial. Several Jemena and Ausnet Services consumers cut electricity consumption by 28% to 40%.
The consumer who participated in the trial was compensated 20 yuan.
The Environmental, Land, Water and Planning Bureau reviewed the idea that electricity demand management is a cheaper solution to prevent power outages than increasing the capacity of power supply networks.
Power companies say power networks can be better managed to deal with growing demand in the wake of power outages, but that can also come at a cost, including in terms of prices.
The review found that extreme weather is becoming more and more common, and dealers must develop plans to respond to a surge in weather-related electricity demand.
Melbourne's air was wet on the day of the Australian weekend's blackout, and temperatures remained above 30 degrees until 4 a. M.
"the monthly average temperature record continues to be broken, and the frequency and time of hot weather has been increasing. So the energy industry should prepare for this increasingly common unique and extreme weather. "
Energy Director Lily D'Ambrosio released the review on Thursday. "this review confirms what we already know that the widespread outage in Australia and Japan is a problem with private power suppliers, not power supplies. Dealers should be better prepared for hot weather and ensure the reliability of the power network before next summer's arrival. "
In the 15 recommendations, the authorities also called on power dealers to better communicate with consumers about when to reach the peak demand for electricity, and to clarify in plain language how to apply for compensation in the event of a power outage.
It is also suggested that government should be informed of plans to address the weakness of the network;
Communicate with the Department of Health and Social Services and vulnerable consumers on possible blackouts due to extreme weather, including those who are using life support equipment;
Develop a website that provides real-time information before, during, and after a power outage.
Power dealers have promised to implement all the recommendations mentioned in the review report.
After the power outage in January, government wanted Powercor,CitiPower,United Energy,Ausnet Services to reach an agreement with Jemena to provide a total of 5 million yuan in grants to nearly 5000 affected consumers.
Consumers with blackouts ranging from 3 hours to 20 hours receive 80 yuan in subsidies, while those with power outages between 20 hours and 30 hours receive 180 yuan in subsidies.