Basslink Independent Report Says Cable Outage Cause Unknown By Corinne Reichert, ZDNet December 3, 2018 Basslink has revealed that an independent report by Cable Consulting International (CCI) has found that the cause of the December 2015 outage is still "unknown", countering claims by Hydro Tasmania and the state of Tasmania. "Hydro Tasmania and the state [...]
Basslink Interconnector Is Back After Two-Month Outage By Corinne Reichert, ZDNet June 6, 2018 The Basslink Interconnector subsea cable has returned to service, the company has announced, after a two-month outage due to third-party damage to the cable sustained in April. As of 5.45pm AEST on Tuesday, the wholesale energy portion of the cable was [...]
Basslink Interconnector Restoration Delayed Yet Again By Corinne Reichert May 25, 2018 The Basslink Interconnector subsea cable, which was due to return to service next week, has been delayed again. According to Basslink, the cable will be back in operation in early June rather than the previous May 31 date due to "logistics and scheduling [...]
Basslink saga with Tasmanian government referred to arbitration By Corinne Reichert, ZDNet April 27, 2018 Basslink has revealed that its dispute with the state of Tasmania will be referred to arbitration after the two were unsuccessful in resolving it during "without prejudice" meetings. "Unfortunately, the dispute was not resolved, and has led to Basslink being [...]
Basslink Subsea Cable Out Until Late May By Corinne Reichert, ZDNet April 10, 2018 Basslink has announced that its subsea cable will be down until late May, with the return-to-service date delayed from April 14 following third-party damage to the system. "We have repaired a high-pressure system within a piece of equipment at the Victorian [...]
Basslink 'strongly denies' it owes Tasmanian government compensation By Corinne Reichert, ZDNet March 22, 2018 Basslink has refuted claims by the Tasmanian government that it breached the Basslink Operations Agreement (BOA) contract it has with the state as the operator of a telecommunications and energy subsea cable, also denying that it is liable to the [...]
Tasmanian Government Wants Compo Over 2015-16 Basslink Failure By Chris Duckett, ZDNet March 22, 2018 The Tasmanian government has threatened to take legal action against the operators of a Bass Strait electricity cable, Basslink, that failed and contributed to an energy crisis in the state. Energy Minister Guy Barnett said on Thursday the government believes [...]
By Corinne Reichert December 20, 2017 The Basslink subsea cable outage of 2015-16 was caused by Basslink (BPL) exceeding its design limit, which then degraded the cable, according to reports by two global experts provided to Hydro Tasmania. The findings on the subsea cable, which provides energy and wholesale high-speed telecommunications services to Tasmania, were [...]
