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  • To do: Light on your meter? Check your main switch: if it's off, unplug your appliances and switch it back on.
  • To do: It trips again? Switch the circuit breakers back on one by one to find the faulty circuit.
  • To do: Do your neighbours have power? If so, the fault is in your property: call a licensed electrician.
  • To do: Whole street out? Check AusNet's Outage Tracker or call 13 17 99.

AusNet network

ausnetservices.com.auUpdated 28/09/2026

AusNet runs the electricity distribution network of eastern Victoria, the statewide transmission network and a gas network in the west of the state. It sells no electricity: customers pay their retailer. A company controlled by Brookfield Asset Management owns it.

Electricity network

Activities
DistributionTransmissionGas
Customers
823,000· connections, June 2024
Smart meters
99.6%· homes, June 2024, fitted by the network
Outage time
161 min· SAIDI 2023-24, excl. major events
Outages
1.26· SAIFI per customer, 2023-24
Network length
46,489 km· 18% underground
Coverage
Victoria
  • Eastern Victoria
  • North-eastern Victoria
  • Northern Melbourne
  • Eastern Melbourne

About 80,000 km². In Victoria the distributors, not the retailers, rolled out smart meters under a state mandate.