You've applied
We’ll contact you within 10 days to discuss your application and confirm your required dates.
How much will it cost?
$500 - $3,550
per streetlight
Cost breakdown
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Single luminaire on wood pole |
Single luminaire on metal pole |
Double outreach pole |
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Standard Range |
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Minor roads |
$500 |
$480 |
$880 |
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Major Roads |
$590 |
$570 |
$1,050 |
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Decorative Range |
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Minor roads |
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$1,370 |
$2,870 |
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Major Roads |
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$1,700 |
$3,550 |
These prices are exclusive of major traffic management, Capital Contributions Tax Recovery and Regulated Asset Base.
These prices are applicable to bulk LED retrofit only. Bulk in this instance means 10 or more lights within the same immediate area.
How long will it take?
Up to 10 business days
to respond to your application.
After our technical assessment
we’ll contact you to discuss your requirements and work with you on an expected delivery date in line with the complexity of your project.
Due to the current economic conditions, we are experiencing a high volume of distribution grid connection and relocation applications as well as seeing the delivery timeframes for some materials items significantly extended. This has resulted in longer timeframes for products and services.
What to include with your application
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A site plan
Provides us with an understanding of your work site, the location of existing and new assets and help us to design your product. It will need to include:
- Your property
- Neighbouring properties
- The location of the supply point
Site plan for installation of streetlights
For a site plan to be accepted, it must clearly show:
- clearly-marked lot/house numbers where available
street names and any nearest cross road/s - location of proposed streetlight/s, distance/s from lot boundaries OR GIS coordinates (longitude and latitude) offset from side boundaries
- pole number/s for existing poles or clearly marked location of new poles to be installed.
Creating a site plan using maps or satellite images
An easy way to create a site plan is to use a online mapping service like Google Maps. Just take a screen shot of the address and then label the requirements on it.
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Site photos
Help us understand your current connection arrangements and more easily identify potential site specific issues. Photos will need to include:
- The extent of the worksite
- Any obstructions in the area
Site photos for streetlight installations
For a pillar site plan to be accepted, it must clearly show:
- taken from across the road
- mark-up of exact location of existing pole (with pole number/s) or new pole position
Example of site photos for existing poles
Example of site photos for new poles
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Local government authority
If you’re not working for an LGA, you will need to provide evidence in writing from your local government authority stating that you have their approval to conduct this work.
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CAD site plan
For applications of 5 or more streetlights you’ll need to include a CAD plan. It helps us better understand your work site and location of assets. We extract data from your plan to assist us with your design.
CAD plan for streetlights
For a CAD plan to be accepted it must clearly show:
- road lines
- kerb lines
- lot boundaries
- streetlight pole locations (latitude and longitude)
The plan can be provide in any of these formats - *.dxf, *.dgn, *.dwg.
Application process
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You'll receive a scope
After our technical assessment we’ll confirm the scope of works with you.
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You’ll receive design fee invoice
We design the project to your needs.
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You’ll receive an access quote
After the acceptance and payment is received, we’ll schedule the works for delivery.
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Let us know how we went
Your feedback is important to help ensure we’re meeting your needs and expectations.
Ready to apply?
I’ve got my site plan, site photos and CAD plan ready.
Apply nowEstimated time to complete: 10 minutes
Need help before applying?
If you’re not sure what you need, get advice from our team.
Talk to usFAQs
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What’s the difference between the old street lights and LEDs?
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What is Regulated Asset Base (RAB)
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How do you manage the gifting of streetlights?
The new LED lights will provide a more uniform illumination of the area and will be brighter compared to the old lights.
LED streetlights are more focussed ensuring more of the light shines onto the street and sidewalks with less light spill into adjacent areas.
Western Power is regulated by the state government in terms of how it can earn revenue. Our revenue (through tariffs) is determined by the size of our Regulated Asset Base (RAB).
When streetlights are added to the RAB they have an economic life of 20 years. If a streetlight is replaced or upgraded to LED when it is younger than 20 years old, there’s still some value in there that we haven’t recovered back yet.
Western Power may approve the gifting of ownership of existing streetlights from the Local Government Authority to Western Power if the following criteria are met:
- An as constructed drawing of the streetlight installation is provided to Western Power
- The streetlights meet the specification of Western Power’s product range
- The streetlights have been regularly maintained, and are in good working order
- Any work, advised by Western Power, to modify the connection point is undertaken by the Local Government Authority