Powercor Australia

Powercor Australia is an Australian electricity distribution company that operates throughout western Victoria, and the western suburbs of Melbourne.

Powercor Australia
Private (subsidiary of Spark Infrastructure (49%), Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings and Power Assets Holdings (collectively 51%))
IndustryInfrastructure
Founded1994
HeadquartersMelbourne, Australia
ParentCheung Kong group 51%
Spark Infrastructure 49%
Websitehttp://www.powercor.com.au/

The company owns and maintains power lines, substations and street lights and also manages the largest electricity distribution network in Victoria.

Powercor is 51% owned by the Cheung Kong group and 49% by Spark Infrastructure which also own Citipower, which maintain the city of Melbourne's CBD network, and SA Power Networks, which maintains the South Australian network.

Network statistics

As of September 2011:

  • Total line length: 84,026 km
  • Area covered: 150,000 km2
  • Customers: 730,273
  • Zone substations 70
  • Zone substation transformers (66 kV to 22 kV): 137
  • Distribution Ttransformers (22 kV to 240 V): 81,553
  • Poles: 535,941
  • 31,865 customers supplied via single-wire earth return rural grid
  • Wires underground: 10.6%
  • 86% classified as 'rural'
  • Network availability: 99.96%[1]

References
  1. "Bushfire Mitigation Strategy Plan 2011-2012" (PDF). Powercor. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
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