Mandatory restrictions are not needed to cope with WA’s gas supply crisis, Premier Alan Carpenter says.

A group of 20 mining and energy sector executives met in Perth today to discuss strategies to deal with the 30 per cut to the state's energy supply after a fire at Apache Energy's Varanus Island facility on Tuesday.

Apache says it may be months before a limited supply could be returned.

Mr Carpenter said there was no suggestion emergency services, such as hospitals, were being adversely affected.

“The state at the end has all sorts of very draconian emergency powers but we're not in that situation,” the premier said. ... Read full article