Electricity supply in south-west Victoria could remain substandard as planned upgrade is hamstrung

A thousand electricity customers in south-west Victoria could be stuck with a substandard supply unless a stalemate is overcome.

Electricity distributors must apply to the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) every five years for a determination on their revenue requirements.

As part of that process, Powercor had submitted plans to the regulator to spend $8.7 million upgrading more than 85 kilometres of single-phase electricity network to three-phase supply.

The project would benefit 1,130 customers and was submitted as part of Powercor’s plans for the 2021–26 period.

A spokesperson for the regulator said it does not…