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"Western Australia is to spend $10.8 to help transition thousands of households
and businesses to transition away from gas, following a decision to
decommission a privately-owned gas distribution network in the Western
Australian city of Albany.
Atco Australia, the local subsidiary of the Canadian Atco Group, advised the
Western Australian government in January that it had decided to decommission
the Albany Gas Distribution System, which supplies around 8,000 residential and
business customers with liquified petroleum gas (LPG).
The network, which is made up of around 160 km of reticulated gas pipelines,
was privatised in 2000 and bought by Atco in 2021. The state government said in
January that, while the decision to decommission the network rests solely with
Atco, it was working to support the network’s customers electrify or switch to
bottled gas.
The decommissioning process is expected to be completed in stages over a
three-year period and was deemed necessary after a review found many of the
pipes making up the network were nearing their end-of-life and that the cost of
replacing them was too high.
This week, the government announced it has approved $9 million as part of the
upcoming state budget to transition social housing properties in the area to
alternative energy sources. A further $1.8 million will support planning for
the transition and evaluating options for the wider community."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
