Electrical incident and technical investigation reports

Below are links to technical investigation reports relating to electrical incidents.

Click on the links to open and read the reports.

Powercor – Wood pole management

• Improvement plan progress report – July 2020
• Final Public Report – 13 March 2020
  • ESV’s response to submissions
• Draft Public Report for consultation – 23 December 2019
  • Submissions received
  • FAQ
  • Supporting information – Detailed Technical Report – 3 January 2020

Submissions in response to the Draft Public Report have now closed. ESV will release the final report in due course.

Salt Creek Insulator failure

• Salt Creek Technical Report

The Condition of Power Poles in South West Victoria

• Final Report – 29 July 2019
  • Media release
  • ESV’s response to submissions
• Draft Report – 31 May 2019
  • Submissions received

St Patrick’s Day fires

• Garvoc Fire (The Sisters) Technical Report – 17 March 2018
• Gazette Fire Technical Report – 17 March 2018
• Gnotuk Fire Technical Report – 17 March 2018
• Minjah Fire Technical Report – 17 March 2018
• Warrnambool-Cobden Fire Technical Report – 17 March 2018
• P3 High Street Terang Electrical Incident – 17 March 2018

2018 Australia Day outages

• 2018 Australia Day weekend outages – technical investigation report

Smart metering

• Safety of advanced metering infrastructure in Victoria