Electric Line Clearance Management Plan

The Electric Line Clearance Management Plan outlines Mount Alexander Shire Council’s compliance with the Electricity Safety (Electric Line Clearance) Regulations 2020 (Vic).

It outlines the management responsibilities, procedures and practices to be adopted and observed in managing vegetation in the vicinity of electric lines and to minimise danger of electric lines causing fire or electrocution.

The plan is specific to Council-managed vegetation in the vicinity of powerlines that may encroach on the minimum clearance space of the powerlines, as prescribed in the Electricity Safety Act 1998 and the Electricity Safety (Electric Line Clearance) Regulations 2020 (Vic) within the Declared area of Castlemaine. It excludes Council managed trees outside the Declared area of Castlemaine, or privately owned trees interfering with overhead powerlines. Pruning of these trees is the responsibility of Powercor.

The plan has been prepared in accordance with the Electricity Safety Act 1998 and with Regulation 9 – Preparation of Management Plan, Part 2 of the Electricity Safety (Electric Line Clearance) Regulations 2020 (Vic).