Process Overview The POEL work is being administered in stages. Stage One was conducted in 2013 with a small number of POEL owners in selected priority locations, namely the Otway Ranges, Dandenong Ranges and the Warburton District. Subsequent stages of the Program targeted broader areas defined by local government council regions. These local government areas were selected based on an assessment of relative bushfire loss consequence (that is, the potential for loss of life and property) across Victoria. These areas have been further defined to exclude Low Bushfire Risk Areas, as defined by the Country Fire Authority. The process for the undergrounding of POELs under the fund is as follows; POEL owner to submit application form’ ‘POEL Submission of quotes from 2 Registered Electrical Contractors (RECs) directly to the department. RECs will need to do a time’ registration into the program by ‘one submitting a Application Form’ ‘Supplier Assessment by the department Letter of offer issued to the POEL owner and voucher issued to the successful REC advising who has been awarded the works and the amount that is being funded by the PRF project Unsuccessful REC notified by mail REC to complete the works and issue the POEL owner a Certificate of Electrical Safety (CoES) REC and POEL owner to sign voucher REC to submit voucher signed by both parties, a copy of the CoES and invoice to the department An audit of the completed works by the department (at its discretion) Payment by the department directly to the REC Eligibility To be awarded funds under the project the POELs currently be; must in active use (connected and energised); overhead; bare wire (a span, or part is bare). If the line is completely insulated the owner is not eligible for funding; located in one of the target areas. These are the local government areas of Alpine Ararat Ballarat Baw Baw Benalla Campaspe Cardinia Colac-Otway Corangamite East Gippsland Golden Plains Greater Bendigo Greater Geelong Hepburn Indigo Loddon Macedon Ranges Mount Alexander Mitchell Moira Moorabool Moyne Murrindindi Nillumbik Pyrenees Southern Grampians Gippsland Surf Coast Wangaratta Wellington Whittlesea Wodonga Yarra Ranges and in a High Bushfire Risk Area, as defined by the Country Fire Authority.
Process Overview The POEL work is being administered in stages. Stage One was conducted in 2013 with a small number of POEL owners in selected priority locations, namely the Otway Ranges, Dandenong Ranges and the Warburton District. Subsequent stages of the Program targeted broader areas defined by local government council regions. These local government areas were selected based on an assessment of relative bushfire loss consequence (that is, the potential for loss of life and property) across Victoria. These areas have been further defined to exclude Low Bushfire Risk Areas, as defined by the Country Fire Authority. The process for the undergrounding of POELs under the fund is as follows; POEL owner to submit ‘POEL application form’ Submission of quotes from 2 Registered Electrical Contractors (RECs) directly to the department. RECs will need to do a ‘one time’ registration into the program by submitting a ‘Supplier Application Form’ Assessment by the department Letter of offer issued to the POEL owner and voucher issued to the successful REC advising who has been awarded the works and the amount that is being funded by the PRF project Unsuccessful REC notified by mail REC to complete the works and issue the POEL owner a Certificate of Electrical Safety (CoES) REC and POEL owner to sign voucher REC to submit voucher signed by both parties, a copy of the CoES and invoice to the department An audit of the completed works by the department (at its discretion) Payment by the department directly to the REC Eligibility To be awarded funds under the project the POELs must currently be; in active use (connected and energised); overhead; bare wire (a span, or part is bare). If the line is completely insulated the owner is not eligible for funding; located in one of the target areas. These are the local government areas of Alpine Ararat Ballarat Baw Baw Benalla Campaspe Cardinia Colac-Otway Corangamite East Gippsland Golden Plains Greater Bendigo Greater Geelong Hepburn Indigo Loddon Macedon Ranges Mount Alexander Mitchell Moira Moorabool Moyne Murrindindi Nillumbik Pyrenees Southern Grampians Gippsland Surf Coast Wangaratta Wellington Whittlesea Wodonga Yarra Ranges and in a High Bushfire Risk Area, as defined by the Country Fire Authority.
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