$400,000 electricity upgrade completed for northern suburbs

More than 2000 homes and businesses will benefit from a $400,000 upgrade of the electricity network at Mango Hill in Brisbane’s outer northern suburbs.

Mines and Energy Minister Geoff Wilson said Energex staff had completed complex operations at the Mango Hill substation to increase reliability of the electricity supply to the surrounding area.

“Work recently finished on the installation of 900m of underground electricity cables between Energex’s Mango Hill substation and North Lakes Drive, as well as the upgrade of 1.2km of overhead existing overhead cables along Maryvale and Wesley Roads,” he said.

“The project is part of a five-year capital expenditure program currently being undertaken by Energex, worth a record $3 billion-plus.

Energex is spending $643 million this financial year on the electricity network while a further $263 million has been set aside to maintain and operate the network.

Member for Murrumba Dean Wells said the upgrades would improve reliability of electricity supply to homes and businesses in the Griffin and Mango Hill/North Lakes areas, including NorthLakesCollege.

“These suburbs are some of the fastest growing in south east Queensland, with significant growth in power demand in recent years,” he said.

“The new underground cable will boost the electricity capacity and the reliability of supply for homes and businesses,” Mr Wells said.

Energex has a strong focus on installing new electricity works underground where practical.

In the last four years Energex has installed almost 3000 km of new underground electricity cable in south east Queensland – about the equivalent distance of travelling by road from Brisbane to Darwin.

Energex supplies electricity to a population of around 2.7 million people in south east Queensland.

The company’s distribution area of 25,000 square kilometres includes almost 50,000km of underground and overhead electricity lines and cables, over half a million power poles, some 40,000 transformers and more than 260,000 street lights.

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