Powercor Australia

Powercor Australia
Private (subsidiary of Spark Infrastructure (49%), Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings and Power Assets Holdings (collectively 51%))
Industry Infrastructure
Founded 1994
Headquarters Melbourne, Australia
Website http://www.powercor.com.au/

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

The company maintains and owns power lines, substations and street lights and also manages the largest distribution network in Victoria. It is said by the Chief Executive of Powercor that Powercor owns the most reliable electricity network in Australia. Powercor is also sister companies with (i) Citipower who maintain the city of Melbourne's CBD network and (ii) SA Power Networks who maintains the South Australian network.

Network statistics

As of September 2011:

References

  1. "Bushfire Mitigation Strategy Plan 2011-2012". Powercor. Retrieved 23 July 2012.