Page 6078 - Week 14 - Thursday, 8 December 2011

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July 2011	245
August 2011	168
September 2011	324
October 2011	177
November 2011	109

Total	2,174

3) Number of installations that have failed initial ACTPLA inspections:

July 2010	18
August 2010	20
September 2010	11
October 2010	7
November 2010	18
December 2010	7
January 2011	32
February 2011	47
March 2011	26
April 2011	46
May 2011	58
June 2011	114
July 2011	162
August 2011	114
September 2011	184
October 2011	127
November 2011	77

Total	1,068

Failure rate:	49%

4) The current booking system does not disaggregate information to that level. However, the average time waiting times for an electrical inspection for a PV installation booked since May 2011 are approximately as follows:

May 2011	6 weeks
June 2011	10 weeks
July 2011	12 weeks
August 2011	12 weeks
September 2011	14 weeks
October 2011	16 weeks

5) In July 2011, the Environment and sustainable Development Directorate employed ten electrical inspectors to undertake electrical inspection work within the ACT. This number was increased to thirteen in August 2011 and further to fourteen in September 2011. A fifteenth inspector was added in early October to work exclusively on inspecting new housing.

6) New electrical inspectors are difficult to source, as they are required to be licensed electricians with wide-ranging industry experience in relation to the Australian Wiring Rules, the various types of electrical installations to be inspected, such as PV installations, along with extensive training in inspections for compliance with

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