Western Power is developing a new policy and associated guidelines which aim to improve the way we undertake our work in rural communities. We are seeking your input.
The policy will address issues affecting rural landowners, stakeholders and land managers in the design, construction and maintenance of Western Power transmission and distribution assets situated on their property.
Western Power's infrastructure affects thousands of landowners throughout rural areas in Western Australia. We understand that rural landowners live in a unique environment, and realise that our infrastructure impacts upon their operations.
We have received comments from the community that Western Power suffers poor credibility, particularly in relation to our on-farm inspection and maintenance processes.
We are now striving to significantly improve the way we go about our business in rural Western Australia and want your input into the development and implementation of an important new policy.
We have named this initiative the Working Together Policy. It will provide a framework to improve the way we interact with landowners and set clear standards and guidelines on what landowners can expect from their interactions with Western Power. In turn, this will begin to lessen the impact of our infrastructure on rural operations.
We know that in order to meet our objectives it will mean that real changes need to happen as soon as possible - and we are committed to making these changes.
Thank you for your interest - we look forward to hearing your ideas to help in developing this important policy.
Your input into this policy is important. Your ideas will help Western Power make the changes to ensure that our infrastructure has minimal impact on landowners in rural areas.
You can provide input in the following ways:
Western Power held 15 workshops across the regional Western Power network in August. The workshops were attended by a broad cross section of rural communities, representing the concerns of landowners and managers across the network.
The feedback received at the workshops will be used to improve the way Western Power works in the regional network.
The feedback will be used to create a policy around four key areas identified at the workshops. the four key areas are bio-security, reimbursement, improved sytems and customer service.
Feedback on the draft policy will be sought from the workshop attendees with representation from landowners, local government, appropriate government agencies and farmer advocacy groups.
This policy will address issues affecting rural landowners and land managers in the design, construction and maintenance of Western Power's transmission and distribution assets situated on their properties.
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In consultation undertaken to date, we have identified four key areas which this policy and its associated standards and guidelines should focus on. We would like your input and comment on these key areas, and any others that you think should be included.
You can download the draft discussion paper (PDF 625kb) which covers each of these areas in more detail.
Page update on 15 October 2008
