# Storm season reliability report 2025

*Distribution operations. Sample document: synthetic data.*

The storm of 20 to 22 August 2025 caused the largest outage spike of the period; weather outages lasted about three times longer than equipment outages.

Vegetation outages concentrate on the old overhead feeders west of Juniper Rise Substation, which also have the worst SAIDI.

| Area | Action | When |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Juniper Rise Substation | hazard tree removal | before June 2026 |
| Kingsmead Substation | recloser upgrade | Q2 2026 |
| Larchfield Substation | undergrounding study | 2027 |

Critical customers on the affected feeders were contacted before the storm.