Some of the latest offers to victims are less than half what they had claimed.

Settled bushfire Supreme Court cases for the The Sisters/Garvoc and Terang/Cobden bushfires are likely to head back to court for judicial intervention.

The Standard has talked to a number of victims about their compensation claims.

Four main bushfires on St Patrick's Day across the region were sparked by Powercor infrastructure on the night of March 17, 2018.

Victims took action to seek compensation and those cases were settled but the assessment process looks likely to be drawn out, especially for items like trees and shelter.

The Sisters dairy farmer Jill Porter said some claimants had received letters of offer, which ranged from less than 50 cents in the dollar to almost all of some claims.

However those claims all have to have the settlement agreement rate of 77.5 cents in the dollar then applied.

Mrs Porter said she felt sorry for the past summer's bushfire victims, many who would not be able to take legal action for losses.

"For our fires it varies depending on the claim, the complexity of the claim and what's actually been claimed," she said.

"Some people with fairly simple claims for concrete items, such as infrastructure, livestock and fencing, are getting close to 100 per cent.

"Others seem to be about half of that, especially anyone involved in claiming shelter.

"It looks like those claims will have to go back to court."

Mrs Porter said it appeared that some compensation was even being paid as Powercor attempted to avoid interest payments which accrued from March 1.

She said Powercor had breached the Supreme Court timetabling for compensation and the process to drag the energy giant back into court was now under way.

"Particularly in relation to trees and shelter, I would expect the court will have to rule on that as Powercor looks reluctant to come to the party," she said.

"That will force a focus on that issue, with dairy farms down up to 40 per cent in milk production on hot days."

The settlement process dragging on continues as Energy Safe Victoria has launched a prosecution of Powercor in the Warrnambool Magistrates Court.

That case is currently listed for a contest mention hearing on May 21.

"One aspect of these fires was that they should never have started, it happened due to poor Powercor electricity infrastructure," Mrs Porter said.

"The corporate power company has not accepted responsibility and we are still waiting for compensation.

"There is a total lack of empathy from Powercor and no willingness to move forward.

"The community of Garvoc and The Sisters should be enormously proud that we have stood up to indecency of this power company.

"It's very difficult to continue to be in limbo. I still have nightmares.

"There are significant long-term impacts. I don't believe you ever entirely heal, recovery is a new journey."

A Powercor spokeswoman said the anniversary of the St Patrick's Day bushfires was an important milestone.

"Our thoughts are with the community and those who were directly affected by the fires on the second anniversary," she said.

"We have settled the Garvoc class action. Assessments of claims by members of the insurer group are underway."

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