Chapter 11
I The Present Energy Economy
II Australian Energy Consumption
III Research And Development
IV Coal
V Oil And Natural Gas
VI Solar Energy
VII Nuclear Energy
VIII Bagasse Firewood And Other Biomass
IX Electric Power Generation And Distribution electric Power Generation And Distribution
i Types of generating stations
ii Transmission and distribution
iii System load control
iv Australian manufacturing in the power industry
v Queensland
vi New South Wales
vii Victoria
viii Tasmania
ix South Australia
x Western Australia
xi Northern Territory
xii Australian Capital Territory
xiii The Snowy Mountains Scheme
X Manufactured Gas
XI Industrial Process Heat
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Victoria (continued)
Victoria's climate is particularly prone to the incidence of severe bushfires, and bad outbreaks occurred in 1969, 1977 and 1983. The latter occurred symbolically on Ash Wednesday, and caused extensive damage, part of which was attributed to fires started on the SECV system. After prolonged litigation the insurers agreed to pay up, but the result has been a great increase in the cost of premiums, and of taking precautions to prevent future fires, particularly from contact between trees and distribution lines. The adjoining States of NSW and South Australia have had to make similar increases in bushfire precaution expenditure, in order to secure adequate insurance cover.
Organisations in Australian Science at Work - State Electricity Commission of Victoria (S.E.C.)
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