Powerline Bushfire Safety Committee
In 2011 the Victorian Government announced a $750 million Powerline Bushfire Safety program (PBSP). The 10-year program will deliver on recommendations (27 and 32) of the 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission and aims to reduce the risk of bushfires caused by electrical assets without causing significant impact to electricity supply reliability.
ESV is assisting the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action in the roll-out of this program.
About the committee
The Powerline Bushfire Safety Committee (PBSC) was established in 2016 by ESV under Section 8 of its Act.
Purpose
The PBSC exists to provide the Director of Energy Safety (DoES) with comprehensive expert advice to support ESV in its administration of the Electricity Safety (Bushfire Mitigation) Amendment Regulations 2016 (the regulations) and any advice ESV may, in turn, provide government on further policy changes that maybe required in the light of actual experience.
PBSC documents
All documents drafted by the Powerline Bushfire Safety Committee will be made available for public review, and are published here:
- Powerline Bushfire Safety Committee Charter:
Powerline Bushfire Safety Committee Charter
PBSC Acronyms
- View current list of acronyms used across all PBSC meetings:
PBSC - 05.12.16 - Minutes - Acronyms
PBSC Meeting 1 – 05.12.16
- PBSC – 05.12.16 – Agenda:
PBSC - 05.12.16 - Meeting Agenda
- PBSC – 05.12.16 – Minutes:
PBSC - 05.12.16 - Minutes
- PBSC – 05.12.16 – Minutes – Item 5 – DELWP presentation:
PBSC - 05.12.16 - Minutes - DELWP Presentation
- PBSC – 05.12.16 – Minutes – Item 6 – REFCL presentation:
PBSC - 05.12.16 - Minutes - Marxsen Presentation
- PBSC – 05.12.16 – Minutes – Item 7.1 – Powercor presentation:
PBSC - 05.12.16 - Minutes - Powercor Presentation
- PBSC – 05.12.16 – Minutes – Item 7.2 – AusNet presentation:
PBSC - 05.12.16 - Minutes - AusNet Presentation
PBSC Meeting 2 – 14.03.17
- PBSC – 14.03.17 – Agenda:
PBSC - 14.03.17 - Meeting agenda
- PBSC – 14.03.17 – Minutes:
PBSC - 14 March 2017 - Minutes
- PBSC – 14.03.17 – Minutes – Item 3 – Powercor and AusNet presentation:
PBSC - 14.03.17 - Powercor and Austnet Presentation
- PBSC – 14.03.17 – Minutes – Item 6 – Cross country faults overview:
Item 6 - Cross country faults (outline)
- PBSC – 14.03.17 – Minutes – Item 6 – FSH Network Test 217:
PBSC - Meeting 2 - Item 6 - Test 217
PBSC Meeting 3 – 13.06.17
- PBSC – 13.06.17 – Agenda:
PBSC - 13 June 2017 - Minute agenda
- PBSC – 13.06.17 – Minutes:
PBSC - 13 June 2017 - Minutes
- PBSC – 13.06.17 – Minutes – Item 3 – Powercor and AusNet presentation:
PBSC - 13.06.17 - Minutes - Item 3 - Powercor and AusNet presentation
- PBSC – 13.06.17 – Minutes – Item 4 – HV Customer risk study:
PBSC-13 June 2017 - Minutes - Item 4
- PBSC – 13.06.17 – Minutes – Item 4.1 – REFCL presentation:
PBSC - 13.06.17 - Minute - Item 4.1 - REFCL presentation
PBSC Meeting 4 – 12.09.17
- PBSC – 12.09.17 – Agenda
PBSC - 12 September 2017 - Meeting agenda
- PBSC – 12.09.17 – Minutes:
PBSC - 12 September 2017 - Minutes
- PBSC – 12.09.17 – Minutes – Item 3.1 – Powercor presentation:
PBSC - 12 September 2017 - Minutes - Item 3.1 - Powercor presentation
- PBSC – 12.09.17 – Minutes – Item 3.2 – AusNet Services presentation:
PBSC - 12 September 2017 - Minutes - Item 3.2 - Ausnet Services presentation
- PBSC – 12.09.17 – Minutes – Item 4 – ESV presentation:
PBSC - 12 September 2017 - Minutes - Item 4 - ESV presentation
PBSC Meeting 5 – 12.12.17
- PBSC – 12.12.17 – Agenda:
PBSC - 12 December 2017 - Meeting agenda
- PBSC – 12.12.17 – Minutes:
PBSC - 12 December 2017 - Minutes
- PBSC – 12.12.17 – Minutes – Item 3.1 – Powercor presentation:
PBSC - 12 December 2017 - Minutes - Item 3.1 - Powercor presentation
- PBSC – 12.12.17 – Minutes – Item 3.2 – AusNet Services presentation:
PBSC - 12 December 2017 - Minutes - Item 3.2 - Ausnet Services presentation
PBSC Meeting 6 – 13.03.18
- PBSC – 13.03.18 – Agenda:
PBSC - 13 March 2018 - Meeting agenda
- PBSC – 13.03.18 – Minutes:
PBSC - 13 March 2018 - Minutes
- PBSC – 13.03.18 – Minutes – Item 3.1 – Powercor presentation:
PBSC - 13 March 2018 - Minutes - Powercor presentation
- PBSC – 13.03.18 – Minutes – Item 3.2 – AusNet Services presentation:
PBSC - 13 March 2018 - Minutes - Ausnet presentation
- PBSC – 13.03.18 – Minutes – ESCV Review of voltage standards for bushfire mitigation:
PBSC - 13 March 2018 - ESCV review of voltage standard for bushfire mitigation project scope 20180226
PBSC Meeting 7 – 12.06.18
- PBSC – 12.06.18 – Agenda:
PBSC_12_Jun_2018_Meeting_agenda
- PBSC – 12.06.18 – Minutes:
PBSC_12_June_2018_Minutes
- PBSC – 12.06.18 – Minutes – Item 3.1 – Powercor presentation:
PBSC - 12 June 2018 - Minutes - Powercor
- PBSC – 12.06.18 – Minutes – Item 3.2 – AusNet Services presentation:
PBSC - 12 June 2018 - Minutes - Ausnet
- PBSC – 12.06.18 – Minutes – PBSC Advice – ESCV EDC draft decision:
PBSC - 12 June 2018 - PBSC Advice - ESCV EDC draft decision
- PBSC – 12.06.18 – Minutes – PBSC Advice – AustNet Services REFCL Exemption requests:
PBSC - 12 June 2018 - PBSC Advice - AusNet Services
PBSC Meeting 8 – 11.09.18
- PBSC – 11.09.18 – Agenda:
PBSC_11_Sep_2018_Meeting_agenda
- PBSC – 11.09.18 – Minutes:
PBSC_11Sep2018_ Minutes
- PBSC – 11.09.18 – Minutes – Item 3.1 – Powercor presentation:
PBSC_11_Sept_2018_ Minutes_Item 3.1_Powercor_pres
- PBSC – 11.09.18 – Minutes – Item 3.2 – AusNet Services presentation:
PBSC_11_Sep_2018_ Minutes_Item 3.2_AusNet_pres
PBSC Meeting 9 – 11.12.18
- PBSC – 11.12.18 – Agenda:
PBSC_11_Dec_2018_Meeting_agenda
- PBSC – 11.12.18 – Minutes:
PBSC - 11 December 2018 - Minutes
- PBSC – 11.12.18 – Minutes – Item 3.1 – Powercor presentation:
PBSC_11Dec2018_ Minutes_Item 3.1_Powercor_pres
- PBSC – 11.12.18 – Minutes – Item 3.2 – AusNet Services presentation:
PBSC_11Dec2018_ Minutes_Item 3.2_AusNet_Services_pres
PBSC Meeting 10 – 04.04.19
- PBSC – 04.04.19 – Agenda
- PBSC – 04.04.19 – Minutes:
PBSC - 04 April 2019 - Minutes
- PBSC – 04.04.19 – Minutes – Item 3.1 – Powercor presentation:
PBSC - 04 April 2019 - Minutes - Powercor
- PBSC – 04.04.19 – Minutes – Item 3.2 – AusNet Services presentation:
PBSC - 04 April 2019 - Minutes - Ausnet
PBSC Meeting 11 – 11.06.19
- PBSC – 11.06.19 – Agenda:
PBSC - 11 June 2019 - Agenda
- PBSC – 11.06.19 – Minutes:
PBSC - 11 June 2019 - Minutes
- PBSC – 11.06.19 – Minutes Item 3.1 AusNet Services presentation:
PBSC - 11 06 2019 - Minutes -AusNet
- PBSC – 11.06.19 – Minutes Item 3.2 Powercor presentation:
PBSC - 11 06 2019 - Minutes - Powercor
PBSC Meeting 12 – 20.08.19
- PBSC – 20.08.19 – Agenda:
PBSC - 20.08.2019 - Agenda
- PBSC – 20.08.19 – Minutes:
PBSC - 20.08.2019 - Minutes
- PBSC – 20.08.19 – Minutes Item 3.1 – Powercor presentation:
PBSC – 20.08.2019 – Minutes – Powercor Presentation
- PBSC – 20.08.19 – Minutes Item 3.2 – AustNet Services presentation:
PBSC – 20.08.2019 – Minutes – AusNet Presentation
PBSC Meeting 13 – 10.12.19
- PBSC – 10.12.19 – Agenda:
PBSC - 10.12.2019 - Agenda
- PBSC – 10.12.19 – Minutes:
PBSC - 10.12.2019 - Minutes
- PBSC – 10.12.19 – Minutes Item 3.1 – Powercor presentation:
PBSC - 10.12.2019 Item 3.1 Powercor presentation
- PBSC – 10.12.19 – Minutes Item 3.2 – AustNet Services presentation:
PBSC - 10.12.2019 Item 3.2 AusNet presentation
- PBSC – 10.12.19 – Minutes – Item C – How Tech from Australia Could Prevent California Wildfires and PG&E Blackouts – IEEE, 8 November 2019:
PBSC - 10.12.2019 - Item C
- PBSC – 10.12.19 – Minutes – Item D – How an Australian State Fought Back Against Grid-Sparked Wildfires – IEEE, 11 November 2019:
PBSC - 10.12.2019 - Item D
- PBSC – 10.12.19 – Minutes – Item E – Understanding the variability of Australian fire weather:
PBSC - 10.12.2019 - Item E
- PBSC – 10.12.19 – Minutes – Item F – Paper on REFCL Articles:
PBSC - 10.12.2019 - Item F
- PBSC – 10.12.19 – Minutes – Item G – LinkedIn article 12 Dec 2019:
PBSC - 10.12.2019 - Item G
Powerline Bushfire Safety Taskforce
In August 2010 the Powerline Bushfire Safety Taskforce (PBST) was established to oversee the implementation of recommendations from the 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission, related to powerline replacement and changing the network reclose function.
In 2011 the PBST produced its final report:
- PBST Final Report – 30 Sep 2011
PBST_final_report_30Sep2011
Date: 25/03/2023 16:39
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Reviewed 13 February 2023