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Safety Brief – SB-982_ASP Handling OH Conductors Whilst on the Ground
What is Happening?
Essential Energy has produced a new procedure for its workers providing guidance on handling Overhead Conductors whilst on the ground.
ASP Companies should review their own Safety Management Systems (SMS) to ensure they adequately address the hazards for workers who may handle overhead conductors from the ground, even under Access Permit conditions.
What do you need to do?
- Download and review Safety Brief – SB-982_ASP Handling OH Conductors Whilst on the Ground on the Document Library and Essential Engagement.
- Communicate this information to relevant members of your organisation.
Further Information
If you need further information, please email aspinfo@essentialenergy.com.au
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ASP Registration and Authorisation for Workers Working On or Near Essential Energy’s Network
What is happening?
After some recent incidents and inquiries from the ASP forums Essential Energy would like to inform Accredited Service Providers (ASPs) of their responsibilities
- Part 3 of the Electricity Supply Act 1995 (the Act), Section 31A, a person who provides contestable network services must be accredited, in accordance with the Electricity Supply (Safety and Network Management) Regulation 2014, to provide those services (an ASP).
- The NSW Accredited Service Provider (ASP) Scheme Rules (Scheme Rules) details the requirements for a Company/Business to be accredited and a worker to be registered under a Company/Business accreditation.
- Once an individual and or company (Business) is accredited as an ASP, any person engaged to carry out contestable work on behalf of that ASP must be:
- Registered with the ASP Scheme, and
- Authorised by the relevant local distributor to perform contestable network service.
Accreditation is not transferable. Therefore, if an ASP changes to operate under a new ACN, the new company will be required to make a new application to be accredited under the ASP Scheme.
All ASPs are required to register with the Scheme any personnel who will be performing work on or near existing electricity network on behalf of the ASP and for which the ASP is accredited.
An ASP must notify the Scheme of changes in staff. Personnel, including employees and sub-contractors, will not be able to be authorised by the local electricity distributor until they have been registered by the Scheme.
What do you need to do?
- Review the above and ensure all workers are registered and authorised before undertaking contestable works.
- Communicate this information to relevant members of your organisation.
Further Information
If you need further information, please email aspinfo@essentialenergy.com.au
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HV Regulator Platform Changes
What is Happening?
The regulator mounting platform assembly Cat No 115526 item 3 bracket below has been changed to improve the bolted connection design.
The HV regulator construction drawings in Section CEOM7104 of the Overhead Construction Manual have been updated for this change and use 4 x M24 kingbolts in place of the previously used threaded rod to attach the brackets to the pole.
The latest construction drawings are now available on Essential Energy’s Document Library.
What do you need to do?
Communicate this information to relevant members of your organisation.
Further Information
If you need further information, please email aspinfo@essentialenergy.com.au