Over the summers of 2024/25 and 2025/26, insulator pollution caused widespread outages across parts of the Yorke Peninsula, Eyre Peninsula, the Limestone Coast, Lower Murray and Kangaroo Island.
The impact on communities was acute and far-reaching, and the level of reliability experienced by impacted regions has not been acceptable.
In early 2026, a dedicated taskforce was established to investigate the underlying causes, trial new technologies, and determine how to significantly reduce future impacts on customers. Addressing the insulator pollution issue is our top organisational priority.
We are now investing up to $10 million to address insulator pollution in regional South Australia, with over 25,000 hours of work planned as part of the program — one of the most significant workforce mobilisations SA Power Networks has ever undertaken.
To keep up to date with our works program in your area, or to read more about insulator pollution, please see below:
Claims and compensation
How you can claim for damages caused by insulator pollution outages