Increase residential supply
Who is this for?
For people wanting to increase the electricity supply to your residential property.
How long will it take?
3 months to provide you with a technical assessment.
4-6 months to provide you with a design and quote, depending on the complexity of your project.
Timeframes indicative only and subject to change based on demand.
How much will it cost?
We'll provide a quote after we complete the scoping and design of your project.
Application fee
| Application fee (plus 0.59% credit card surcharge) | $497.42 |
Design fee
| Project complexity | Fee |
|---|---|
| Standard | $1,320 |
| Detailed | $3,300 |
| Complex | $6,600 |
* While the design fee is GST inclusive, the GST exclusive amount will be deducted from the access offer if proceeding, i.e. GST is not refunded
Other fees
| Description | Fee |
|---|---|
| Construction costs | We will provide a quote |
| Cancellation fee | $550 |
The cost of an electricity supply is dependent on how much power you require. In most cases, the cost will be based on what we call the Distribution Low Voltage Connection Scheme.
Application process
You’ve applied
1
You’ll receive a scope
2
You’ll receive design fee invoice
3
You’ll receive a quote for the delivery of the works
4
Let us know how we went
5
Additional information you need to know
If you’re application is in relation to subdividing your land, there are a few conditions you need to meet before you can request clearance from the Western Australian Planning Commission (WAPC) or complete your built strata development. If we have asked you to apply for a new connection in order to meet our condition(s), it’s handy for us to know if it’s linked to a subdivision so we can collate all the right information to ensure the right checks and balances are undertaken.
What to include with your application
Permission from your strata company (if applicable)
Before applying to upgrade your connection, strata lot owners should first seek permission from their strata company to use an allocation of the total network capacity allocated to the strata scheme.
Revenue offset
If a customer would like to be considered for revenue offset, some information is required at the technial assessment stage. See our revenue offset FAQs for more information.
Your support documents will help us determine the future increase in electricity consumption at your site so we can confidently apply revenue offset to subsidise the upfront customer contribution.
Ready to increase your residential supply?
Once you’ve gotten the above, you are ready to apply.
FAQs
You will be charged a design fee upon lodging your application.
Once your project proceeds to construction phase the design fee, excluding GST, is deducted from the price on your Access Offer and Acceptance.
Sometimes your circumstances change and you may need to cancel or change the information within your application after you have submitted it to us.
If you wish to change the scope of work in your application we will first review the change and then either:
- continue the project with the variation and invoice you for any additional materials, design work and remobilisation costs incurred. We will typically only take this approach when the change is very minor.
or
- if the change is significant we will cancel your project. You will need to submit a new application with your new requirements.
For cancelled applications we will invoice you for the costs incurred up to the point of cancellation (time and materials). If construction work has already commenced we will refund the difference from your access offer less any costs incurred.