In an article in the Sydney Morning Herald 15th January, under an article sub heading infrastructure, it’s been reported that infrastructure damage in the Queensland floods includes - "The Local Government Association of Queensland estimates up to 90,000 kilometres of council roads have been destroyed. Railways are submerged and bridges undermined. Electricity poles and lines are down, while sewerage systems remain submerged. Mobile phone towers have been lost and telephone wires cut. Public transport, particularly ferry terminals on the Brisbane River, will need to be rebuilt."
Full article at http://www.smh.com.au/business/economists-calculate-the-losses-and-the-gains-20110114-19r8y.html
It has also been reported in today’s media that over 66,000 homes and business are without electricity supply.The local electricity distribution company (state owned) 'ENERGEX' web site on Saturday afternoon 15th January advised that only 24,555 customers - web Information Updated: 15/01/2011 4:15 pm - are currently affected in the Brisbane and South East Qld area ( ENERGEX's distribution foot print) .
All advice to us at the moment is power generation is all ok and the local state distribution system is supported by interstate power stations if needed, via the national grid connectors, however electricity issues are around the distribution network and its supply related issues (as often happens in flood , storms and other natural disasters )
