The Tasmanian Government has today released the Final Report of the Independent Review into the widespread electricity outages caused by the severe weather event in August 2024.
Minister for Energy and Renewables, Nick Duigan, said the review was undertaken following widespread outages and the response following the extreme weather event.
"The extreme weather brought heavy rainfall, flooding, and damaging wind gusts, resulting in significant storm damage to the electricity distribution network," Minister Duigan said.
"To a lesser extent, the transmission network, particularly in the North and North-West regions of the State, was also impacted.
"In response to the widespread outages, the Tasmanian Parliament passed a motion requesting an independent review into TasNetworks' response.
The Review focused on five key themes:
This Review provides valuable insights and recommendations to strengthen Tasmania's energy resilience and emergency response capabilities. The Government will consider the Report and recommendations from the reviewer, Mr Rhys Edwards.
Minister Duigan thanked Mr Edwards for his comprehensive work and all those who contributed to the review process.
"The Government also recognises the work of Member for Braddon, Craig Garland MP, who passed a motion in parliament in September 2024 seeking to establish the independent review," Minister Duigan said.
The Report is publicly available here.
