The past few weeks have shown
the capacity of our people to
rise to whatever challenges come
their way.
The heavy rains earlier this month
Put significant pressure on teams
‘around the state as they worked
to manage the business response
to flooding, protect our power
Stations and dam infrastructure,
while ensuring the safety of
everyone involved.
Wiile | cannot claim to have heard about all the great efforts,
| will comment on 2 few.
Special mention to the team at Tarraleah who worked overtime
{2 protect the station from rising waters and the dam safety team
who were out and about in very challenging conditions, The team
at Gordon also had the significant challenge of a breakdown of
one of the turbines as a result of water ingress but managed
£0 get it up and running in time for the Monday start, aided by
Support from those who battled through difficult conditions te
et to the station,
The rains in the fist half of August were in stark contrast to a
very dry July, which saw our storages receive just over lf of the
average inflows. The storage levels mid August increased by over
five per cent in one week as a result of just a few days heavy
Tain, which jst goes to show how quickly things can change in
this business,
These rains have seen the run-of-iver stations provide most of
the load while we give our storages the opportunity to recover
Allin alla great effort by the staff who have been out in the field
ensuring these stations run,
Huge effort prevents ™major damage at Poatina
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