Powercor's secret report advocates eight-fold increase in new poles

By Andrew Thomson
December 11 2019 - 6:00am
Jack Kenna Junior and Bernie Harris with the smouldering remains of the pole that snapped and sparked a fire at The Sisters on St Patrick's Day last year.
Jack Kenna Junior and Bernie Harris with the smouldering remains of the pole that snapped and sparked a fire at The Sisters on St Patrick's Day last year.

A secret Powercor maintenance report predicts the electricity giant will have to lift the replacement rate of wooden poles eight-fold in an attempt to keep Victorians safe from bushfires.

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