eaton australia/new zealand blackout tracker 2011 annual report

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Blackout Tracker Annual Report 2011Australia/New Zealand

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The Blackout Tracker

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About the Blackout Tracker

• This is a summary of the information presented in the Blackout Tracker Annual Report (available online as a PDF).

• Eaton Corporation tracks power outage in an effort to educate visitors on the causes and impact of power outages. Although we do our best to track this information, we cannot guarantee that every power outage is included.

• The Blackout Tracker is based on reported power outages in news services, newspapers, websites, etc. which often give statistics using different terms. For example, some reports may be based on “people” while others may be based on “addresses,” “homes and businesses” or “utility customers.” For purposes of this report all of these are assumed to be and are counted as people.

• Submit your own power outage reports online.

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Other power outage trackers

• United States• Canada• United Kingdom

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Introduction

• This is a summary of the information presented in the Blackout Tracker Annual Report.

• Power outages affected people in eight states, territories and islands in 2011.

• Just over 1 million people affected by 112 reported outages.

• In 2010, just under 1.4 million people affected by 136 reported outages

• Blackout Tracker is based on reported power outages in Australia and New Zealand: news services, newspapers, websites, etc.

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Introduction

• Two parts to report• National power outage data• Power outage data by state, territory and island

• Productivity and monetary loss*• Power outage recovery time

• 33+%>day, 10%>week• 48 hours to reconfigure network, data re-entry takes days

or weeks

*Source : Price Waterhouse

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Introduction (cont.)

• Productivity and monetary loss (cont.)*• 33% of companies lose $18,500-$465,000 AUD or

$24,000-$600,000 NZD • 20% lose $465,000-$1,860,000 AUD or $600,000-

$2,400,000 NZD, • 15 percent lose more than $1,860,000 AUD or

$2,400,000 NZD

*Source : US Department of Energy

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Top outages for 2011

Top three most significant reported outages1. Earthquake devastated Christchurch, South Island

causing fatalities, destruction and outages for 200,000 people.

2. Fault of unknown origin caused an outage for 200,000 people in Auckland, North Island.

3. Cyclone Yasi hit Townsville, Queensland, knocking out power for 90,000 people.

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Top outages for 2011

Top reported data centre outages1. Polaris – Springfield, Queensland

2. Virgin Blue – Sydney, New South Wales

3. Global Switch – Sydney, New South Wales

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States, territories and islands with most reported outages

1. New South Wales (27)

2. South Island (21)

3. Queensland (20)

4. North Island (15)

5. Western Australia (12)

Note: The North Island (39) ranked #1 and Queensland (29) ranked # 2 for 2010.

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Top three most unusual outages/causes

1. Rugby flags – In two separate incidents flags and bunting caused power outages in Auckland, NI

2. Pesky Possum – A possum got into power lines causing a six minute outage for 8,000 residents of Hastings, NI

3. Wayward seagull – A seagull caused a power outage in Whangaparaoa, NI

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Overview of national power outage data

• 1,002,062 = total number of people affected by outages

• 168 hours (7days) = total duration of outages• 112 = total number of outages• 15,183 = average number of people affected

per outage• 421 minutes = average duration of each

outage

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Reported power outages by cause (national data)

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Reported outages by month

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Reported outages by region

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Power outages by state, territory and island

• Four parts• Outage Summary• Outage Fact• Chart of power outages by cause• Chart of power outages by month

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New South Wales - AustraliaOutage summary

Reported power outages by cause

Total number of people affected by outages 128,350Total duration of outages 6,130 minutes (over 4 days)Total number of outages 27Average number of people affected per outage 9,168Average duration of outage 876 minutes (over 14.5 hours)

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New South Wales - AustraliaReported power outages by month

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Queensland - AustraliaOutage summary

Reported power outages by cause

Total number of people affected by outages 204,000Total duration of outages 120 minutes (2 hours)Total number of outages 20Average number of people affected per outage 17,000Average duration of outage 120 minutes (2 hours)

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Queensland - AustraliaReported power outages by month

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South AustraliaOutage summary

Reported power outages by cause

Total number of people affected by outages 38,000Total duration of outages 2,190 minutes (just over 1.5 days)Total number of outages 5Average number of people affected per outage 19,000Average duration of outage 1,095 minutes (over 18 hours)

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South AustraliaReported power outages by month

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Victoria - AustraliaOutage summary

Reported power outages by cause

Total number of people affected by outages 36,000Total duration of outages 170 minutes (under 3 hours)Total number of outages 10Average number of people affected per outage 6,000Average duration of outage 57 minutes

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Victoria - AustraliaReported power outages by month

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Western AustraliaOutage summary

Reported power outages by cause

Total number of people affected by outages 92,450Total duration of outages 45 minutes Total number of outages 12Average number of people affected per outage 11,556Average duration of outage 45 minutes

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Western AustraliaReported power outages by month

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North Island – New ZealandOutage summary

Reported power outages by cause

Total number of people affected by outages 243,991Total duration of outages 76 minutes Total number of outages 15Average number of people affected per outage 27,110Average duration of outage 19 minutes

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North Island – New ZealandReported power outages by month

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South Island – New ZealandOutage summary

Reported power outages by cause

Total number of people affected by outages 258,971Total duration of outages 810 minutes (13.5 hours)Total number of outages 21Average number of people affected per outage 19,921Average duration of outage 135 minutes (over 2 hours)

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South Island – New ZealandReported power outages by month

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Northern Territory, Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania

• Northern Territory• Two outages reported in Darwin

• One outage had an unknown cause• Second outage caused by a fault in a cable and affected

300 people

• No reported outages in the Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania

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