Western Power builds and maintains the electricity network across the South West Interconnected System, the grid that powers Perth and the south-west. Because a distributor is a regulated monopoly tied to your address, you cannot choose it, but you can still understand what it does, how to report an outage and how network charges shape your bill.
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How it works
Your electricity bill involves two different companies. Knowing which is which saves you calling the wrong number in a blackout.
Owns the poles, wires, substations and meters across Western Australia. It connects your home, reads your meter, and restores power after a fault. You cannot choose or switch it: it is a regulated monopoly for your address.
Sells you the electricity, sets your plan and rates, and sends your bill. Western Australia's south-west has no household retail competition. Synergy sells you the electricity, but Western Power owns the network and runs the faults line, so an outage is always a network matter.
Western Power is the regulated electricity distributor for The South West Interconnected System (SWIS), covering Perth and the south-west of Western Australia. Not sure if Western Power is your distributor? It is printed on your electricity bill, or you can check by postcode on its website.
Other Western Australia networks: Horizon Power .
In a blackout, your retailer cannot help: it does not own the wires. Report the outage to Western Power on its 24/7 faults line 13 13 51. If life is at risk or a powerline is down, call 000 first.
Full outage steps & safetyCommon questions
Western Power builds and maintains the electricity network across the South West Interconnected System, the grid that powers Perth and the south-west. It owns the poles, wires, substations and meters in its area and is responsible for connecting your home and restoring power after a fault. It does not sell you electricity, that is your retailer.
Western Power is the electricity distributor for The South West Interconnected System (SWIS), covering Perth and the south-west of Western Australia. Your distributor is fixed by your address, so you cannot switch it.
Call the Western Power 24/7 faults and emergencies line on 13 13 51, or check its outage map at westernpower.com.au. If a powerline is down or life is at risk, call Triple Zero (000) first. See our Western Power outages page for the full steps.
Western Australia's south-west has no household retail competition. Synergy sells you the electricity, but Western Power owns the network and runs the faults line, so an outage is always a network matter. You cannot switch the distributor, and in this area there is little or no retail competition either, so an outage is always a network matter handled by Western Power.
Western Power pays a service-standard payment when it misses its guaranteed timeframes, for example for restoring supply or keeping appointments. The credit is paid automatically through your retailer, usually without a claim. See our power outage guide for how the scheme works.
For bills, plans, payments and moving home, contact your retailer (the company that sends your bill), not Western Power. Contact Western Power only for connections, meters, outages and network faults. See the contact page.
Your network and retailer are fixed in this region, so there is no plan to switch. Use our guides to check your usage, concessions and rebates so you are not paying more than you need to.
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