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Old 11-10-2016, 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by AussieTrooper View Post
Transmission costs. SA consumers are a very long way from the Victorian power stations that they rely on.
and transmission costs within the state - we have roughly 1/4 the population of Victoria, spread out over about 4x the area. Our network has an extended linear structure and inherently limited redundancy if something bad happens on the backbone
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