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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.
Key points:
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.
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A spokesperson for the regulator said it does not…
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