Mains Upgrades in Balwyn

Balwyn sits in the CitiPower distribution area, so any change to the supply coming into the house, from a heavier consumer mains cable to a move from single-phase to three-phase, goes to CitiPower for approval before the meter is swapped. The paperwork runs through your retailer, but it is the distributor who decides what the street can deliver and books the cutover.

The houses that most often need it here are the newer, bigger ones. Since the 1990s many modest Balwyn homes have been replaced by much larger houses, and a large build with ducted heat pumps, an induction kitchen and an EV charger can outgrow a supply sized for a small cottage. Multinet's network reaches streets in Balwyn, so some owners are also planning to drop gas, which moves heating and hot water onto the electrical supply. Parts of the suburb sit in heritage overlay precincts, including the Burke Road Commercial Precinct (HO800), and a new meter box on a street-facing wall is worth raising with Boroondara before work starts. We begin with a load calculation, because sometimes the answer is load management rather than a bigger supply.