Senior public service chiefs are to replaced in the fallout from devastating power blackouts in Alice Springs.
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The heads of Territory Generation and Power and Water are being replaced after the blackouts, which culminated in an almost 10-hour outage in October.
Alice Spring's hospital lost power as most of the town lost power for much of the day as temperatures rose to 40 degrees.
Unions have questioned the handling of the transition of supply from the ageing Ron Goodin Power Station to the new Owen Springs Power Station.
The NT Government released details from an investigation by the Utilities Commission today.
The investigation report outlines 15 recommendations to prevent similar incidents in the future.
The Government has accepted 14 recommendations in whole and 1 in-principle while further information is sought.
The independent investigation found that a number of key failures caused the system black event and delayed the restoration of power.
The failures are technical, complex and involve both equipment failure and human error.
The clear message from the independent investigation is that there was an unacceptably low level of preparedness by the Power and Water Corporation and Territory Generation.
Following receipt of the final independent investigation on December 2, the Chairs of both the Territory Generation and Power and Water Corporation boards were informed that the Government no longer had confidence in the CEOs of the two corporations.
Subsequently, David Brown has been appointed by the Territory Generation board of directors as the Acting CEO whilst a recruitment process for a permanent CEO is undertaken.
Djuna Pollard has been appointed by the Power and Water Corporation board of directors as the Acting CEO whilst a recruitment process for a permanent CEO is undertaken.
Ms Pollard was appointed CEO of Jacana Energy in August.
Both organisations received written instructions from Minister Wakefield last week to immediately begin the task of implementing the recommendations of the report.
Renewables, Energy & Essential Services Minister Dale Wakefield said: "Hardworking Territorians, families and businesses deserve stable, reliable and affordable power.
"The system-wide power outage that occurred on October 13 was simply unacceptable - the people of Alice Springs deserve much better.
"That's why the Government has acted swiftly and decisively to ensure similar incidents don't occur again.
"This swift and decisive action is only possible when our public power assets remain in public hands.
"I want to thank the dedicated and hardworking staff of Territory Generation and Power and Water Corporation for their efforts to restore power after the system black event.
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