Poles and wires behind most power outages

Over the past decade the majority of electricity outages was caused by the poles and wires and blaming renewable energy is dangerous, a new report says

Electricity emissions are expected to drop significantly as the uptake of renewable energy continues. Source: AAP

Blaming renewable energy for failures of the reliability of Australia's electricity supply is wrong and dangerous, a new report says.

Over the past decade, more than 97 per cent of outages were due to problems with the poles and wires that transport power to homes and businesses, the Grattan Institute report has found