Energy Safe Victoria

A court has heard a plumbing company’s substandard gas installation work could have caused a fire or an explosion at a Craigieburn shopping centre.

Energy Safe Victoria has ordered the operator of the Golden Plains Wind Farm to take immediate action to reduce the risk of serrated plastic trailing edges detaching from new turbines in high winds.

On 4 February 2025 Energy Safe Victoria was advised of an incident at the Berrybank Wind Farm. Our investigators and technical experts attended the site that day.

A Melbourne court has found a civil construction company put nearby residents at risk for about 6 months after its employees broke a gas service line and covered up the damage.

A crane company has been fined $3000 after one of its cranes hit powerlines in inner Melbourne, sending two workers to hospital and putting bystanders’ safety at risk.

Energy Safe Victoria has fined two major electricity companies for failing to keep trees away from powerlines in hazardous bushfire risk areas.

Energy Safe Victoria has charged AusNet Transmission Group Pty Ltd (AusNet) for taking too long to upgrade older electricity transmission towers in the state’s northeast.

Energy Safe Victoria commissioners, Michelle Groves and Sarah McDowell, have been reappointed to their roles for a further three-year term.

Energy Safe Victoria’s 2023–24 annual report highlights the vital work being done to protect the Victorian community from energy-related risks as the transition to renewable energy continues.