Western Power can convert your overhead service cable (the line from the power pole in the street to your house) to an underground pole to pillar connection.
You may wish to check whether your suburb or area has been included in the Underground Power Program. This is when whole suburbs are converted to underground power.
Or you and your neighbours may wish to form a neighbourhood collective to start an undergrounding project in your street or area.
A pole to pillar connection consists of an underground cable from the pole in the street to a pillar just inside the front boundary of your property. They:
Pole to pillar connections are compulsory for all new connections in an overhead area. For example, if you are demolishing and rebuilding, building on a vacant lot, subdividing the property or upgrading your supply.
One pillar is normally shared between two properties unless there is more than one dwelling on the property.
Western Power charges a subsidised rate of $750 per dwelling for a pole to pillar connection. The subsidised rate will not apply if:
Added to this will be your electrical contractor's costs to run an underground cable from the pillar to the meter box.
Any questions? Call 13 10 87 or make an online enquiry.
Page update on 15 May 2007