Meter Box installation

Meter Panel Upgrades Melbourne

Your electricity meter and meter panel are where your supply from the grid enters your property. For most Melbourne homeowners, this is a box on the side of the house they’ve never thought much about — until they try to add solar panels, install an EV charger, or get a building inspection that flags it as non-compliant.

The process of upgrading or relocating a meter panel involves your licensed electrician, your electricity distributor (CitiPower, Powercor or United Energy depending on your suburb), and sometimes a metering co-ordinator. Navigating all of that while trying to get a renovation done on schedule is genuinely frustrating without someone who knows the process.

Luno Electrical manages meter panel upgrades and relocations across inner Melbourne. We handle the electrical work, manage the DNSP application and co-ordination on your behalf, and keep you informed throughout — so you don’t have to become an expert in electricity distribution just to get your meter box moved.

We’ve completed dozens of meter panel upgrades across Melbourne’s inner suburbs, including for solar and battery installations, EV charging set-ups, and three-phase supply upgrades.

How It Works

  1. Call us or request a quote — we assess your existing meter panel and confirm what’s needed, including any DNSP involvement.
  2. We manage the DNSP application and provide a fixed price for the electrical work.
  3. We complete the upgrade or relocation, co-ordinate the supply reconnection, and issue compliance documentation.

Meter Panel Upgrade Services

  • Meter box upgrade and replacement
  • Meter panel relocation for renovations and extensions
  • New service connections for new builds
  • Three-phase meter panel installation
  • Solar metering upgrades (bi-directional meters)
  • DNSP application management (CitiPower, Powercor, United Energy)
  • Co-ordination of supply disconnect and reconnect
  • Certificate of Electrical Safety issued on completion

A meter panel that doesn’t meet current standards isn’t just an inconvenience — it’s a barrier to everything else you want to do with your property. Solar panel approvals can stall. EV charger installation may require a supply upgrade before it’s possible. A building inspection can flag the panel as requiring rectification before settlement.

Delaying meter panel work when it’s needed doesn’t make the problem smaller. It just means more urgency — and potentially higher cost — when you can no longer avoid it.

An upgraded meter panel means your property has the electrical infrastructure it needs — for solar, for EV charging, for a three-phase supply if required, or simply to meet current Australian standards. The process is documented, the compliance paperwork is in order, and you’re not going to hit this barrier again when you plan your next upgrade.

Luno Electrical handles the complexity so you don’t have to.

Call Luno Electrical on (03) 9982 9737 or request a quote online. We manage the complete meter panel upgrade process — from first call to compliance certification.

Commercial Meter Panel Upgrades

Commercial meter panel upgrades are often required for tenancy fit-outs, change of use, and three-phase supply upgrades. We work with commercial building owners, strata managers and fit-out builders across Melbourne’s inner suburbs to manage the DNSP process and deliver compliant metering infrastructure on schedule.

Meter Panel Upgrades FAQs

The meter panel (or meter box) houses your electricity meter and the main service connection point. The switchboard distributes power to your individual circuits. In modern homes they're often in the same enclosure. In older properties they may be separate — one on the outside wall, one inside the garage or laundry.
Yes, but it requires approval and co-ordination with your electricity distributor (DNSP). The DNSP manages the supply connection; we handle all the licensed electrical work on your side of the meter. We manage the DNSP application on your behalf to keep the process moving.
For any work involving the metering equipment or the main service connection, yes — your DNSP must be notified and involved. For work within the consumer mains unit (downstream of the meter), a licensed electrician proceeds with a Certificate of Electrical Safety on completion. We confirm which applies to your job during the assessment.
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