Minister for Infrastructure Parveen Bala says the general public can assist in preventing power outages.
He says vegetation contacting power lines, fires on FEA posts and assets, vehicle accidents involving FEA power poles, vandalism, excavators digging into power cables, failure of aged assets, lightening, damages to power system due to natural disasters and overloading of circuits by customers are some of the reasons of power outages.
Bala highlighted this in Parliament today when Opposition Leader Ro Teimumu Kepa asked how power outages can be prevented.
Bala says FEA is working continuously towards preventing power outages by implementing an ongoing programme to replace aged assets, conducting regular inspection on power systems, ensuring failing assets are identified and programed for the replacement and regular testing of the protection system to ensure they operate as required to protect the power system from further damage.
