$2 million boost to local electricity supplies

Homes and businesses in Annerley and Buranda will benefit from a recently completed power supply upgrade in the area.

Minister for Mines and Energy Geoff Wilson said Energex had invested more than $2 million to install underground cables in the area.

“The cables reinforce the local electricity network and provide enough power capacity to meet the needs of future growth,” Mr Wilson said.

“The new infrastructure will provide a more robust and reliable power supply in the local area,” he said.

Mr Wilson said the upgrades would provide the extra electricity required for new developments such as the Boggo Road Urban Village and works at the Princess Alexandra Hospital.

“Over the past few months around 1.2 kilometres of trenching and cable installation has taken place between the Annerley substation in Dudley Street, along Warwick and Fanny streets to Annerley Road before reaching the existing electricity network in Carville Street.

“Works associated with the project involved excavating, trenching and boring under the road to lay new cables.

“I thank the local community for their patience during this time,” he said.

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

Energex supplies electricity to 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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