Bushfire mitigation

Bushfire Mitigation Plan

Under our Bushfire Mitigation Plan, we manage assets and risks that could cause fires due to:

• Surface contamination of insulators combined with moisture resulting in electrical tracking and potentially leading to pole or cross arm fires
• failure or malfunction of network devices such as surge arresters and expulsion drop out fuses
• contact between vegetation and the electricity network
• bird or animal or third-party contact with electricity assets
• failure of line hardware (electrical and mechanical)
• conductor failures

Natural disasters such as bushfires, floods or extreme weather events may also trigger one or many of these causes of ignition risk.