Powercor

  • V-Line train disruption

    Colac train commuters faced heavy disruptions this week after a power outage at the state’s main operations centre.

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  • Fire solution taken to America

    Bushfire technology pioneered in Colac is attracting attention overseas, with California trialling the technology.

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  • Power bills down following report

    Colac and district residents and businesses will likely see reduced electricity bills from July under a new five-year distribution plan.

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  • Outage spread across region

    Thousands of Colac and district residents were briefly without power on the weekend after parts of trees fell on powerlines during blustery weather.

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  • Strange sight in the hills

    A giant robotic “Spider” has been scaling the hills behind Wye River as part of Powercor’s work to support the introduction of NBN internet in the area.

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  • Choppers sweep Otways powerlines this week

    Two helicopters will fly over the Colac region over the coming week as Powercor inspects vegetation around the region’s powerlines.

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  • Colac blackout disruption

    A power outage in Colac left more than 200 businesses and homes without power temporarily.

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  • Drones zoom over Otways

    Powercor will trial drones in the Otways as a new way of inspecting poles and powerlines in hard-to-reach areas of the region in the next two weeks.

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