Powercor

  • Power infrastructure upgrades start

    Powercor will soon begin a round of upgrades to south-west Victoria’s electricity networks, including installation of bushfire prevention mechanisms to its infrastructure. The electricity distributor will begin the second phase of its REFCL rollout scheme soon, starting at its Terang substation, before upgrading networks at stations including Colac by April 2021. REFCL – Rapid Earth […]

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  • Fire settlement worth $17.5M

    The Supreme Court has released the details of a $17.5-million settlement owed to victims of the 2018 St Patrick’s Day fires.

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  • POWER DISRUPTION: Power concerns on fire-ban day

    A Colac district resident says Powercor should have cancelled yesterday’s planned power outage in the Otways because it was a total fire ban day.

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  • Lightning cuts electricity and causes Otways fires

    THOUSANDS of Colac and district residents were without power for up to two days after a lightning storm swept the region and damaged powerlines and transformers.

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  • Buried powerlines will stop bushfires

    A BIRREGURRA man says burying “archaic” powerlines will ensure powerline fires become a thing of the past.

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  • Tree lopper hurt in fall

    A TREE lopper working in the Otways has suffered suspected spinal injuries after falling up to seven metres onto a log yesterday.

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  • A few steps from electrocution

    A DISTRAUGHT Otways woman says she was just a few steps away from electrocution after trees brought down powerlines across her yard.

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  • Town fights for historic trees

    BIRREGURRA residents are fighting to save century-old trees from a power company’s chainsaws.

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