Underground supply in an overhead area
Who is this for?
For homes or businesses who want to convert an existing overhead connection to an underground connection with a green dome.
How long will it take?
3 weeks for the changeover from overhead to underground power to occur after application is received.
How much will it cost?
No cost (if the cost was included as part of a Western Power project).
Only licensed electrical contractors can complete this form after submitting a new residential connection.
What to include with your application
Preliminary Notice number
An electrical contractor intending to carry out any notifiable electrical installing work or cause any notifiable electrical installing work to be carried out must submit a preliminary notice to Western Power before the proposed electrical installing work is commenced. You’ll need to ensure the notice is for an alteration or addition.
Western Power project reference number
You’ll need the project reference number for an existing pole to pillar project application.
Ready to apply for an underground supply in an overhead area?
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.