What shapes electrical work out west
Endeavour Energy, mostly
Endeavour runs the network across Sydney's Greater West. Points we tested at Penrith, Blacktown, Parramatta, Liverpool, Campbelltown, Camden, Fairfield, Merrylands and Katoomba sit outside Ausgrid's area, but Auburn sits inside it. Your bill names your distributor.
Big storms
A windstorm on 26 November 2025 affected 70,000 Endeavour customers at peak. Gale force winds on 5 September 2026 affected 62,256, with Penrith among the hardest hit. On 14 October 2021 a supercell dropped hail up to 6 cm across western Sydney.
Real heat
Penrith's highest recorded temperature is 48.9 °C, on 4 January 2020. The Cumberland Plain sits in a rain shadow and gets less rain than the coast.
Two generations of housing
Blacktown saw large-scale building in the 1950s and 1960s. Newer estates like Kellyville Ridge, Bella Vista, Cecil Hills, Harrington Park and Oran Park have larger modern homes.
Older home or new estate?
| 1950s and 1960s homes | Newer estates | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Common jobs | Switchboard upgrades, safety switches, air conditioning circuits | Solar, batteries, EV chargers | |
| Watch for | Fuses, no safety switches, dark backing boards made before 1987 | Inverter and export rules that change from November 2026 | |
| Network rule to know | Faults and fallen lines go to Endeavour on 131 003 | Flexible exports become the default for eligible new and upgraded solar systems from November 2026 |
Solar and EV rules on Endeavour's network
Endeavour says flexible exports let eligible solar homes export 10 kW per phase most of the time, against 1.5 kW on its fixed plan. Either plan needs a CSIP-AUS inverter listed by the Clean Energy Council and an active internet connection, and the rollout runs by postcode from 2 November 2026 to February 2027. Liverpool's 2170 is in the first stage.
For a wall charger, Endeavour says the licensed electrician should tell it if the switchboard or meter box needs upgrading, and any bi-directional charger must be approved and registered through its Connections Portal.
When a storm hits
Stay well back from fallen lines
At least 8 metres. Report them to Endeavour on 131 003, or Ausgrid on 13 13 88 if you're on its network. Call 000 if life is at risk.
Check Endeavour's outage map
It shows real-time status, and Endeavour sends SMS updates for planned outages.
Call the SES for storm damage
132 500, for trees on the house or water coming in.
Get your side checked
If your house took damage, have an electrician test it before you rely on it again.
The order we'd do it in
In an older western Sydney home, we'd upgrade the switchboard before adding air conditioning, solar or a charger. In a newer estate, we'd make sure any new or upgraded solar uses an inverter that meets Endeavour's new rules. Tell us your suburb and job, and we'll match one licence-checked local electrician who does it.
Want a specialist to sort it?
Tell us the job and your postcode. We match the licence-checked local electrician who does this kind of work, and they call you. No ring-around, and your number goes to them alone.