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Ausgrid truck attending fallen powerlines

Power Outage Update

6pm | Ausgrid crews are working to restore power to remaining customers

Copper theft damages electricity pole - Ausgrid 2024

Copper theft puts lives

74 incidents of copper theft recorded across the network since August
Marc England, CEO - Channel 7 news talking about new EV Trucks

Fleet of the Future

Ausgrid’s fleet of the future to drive EV adoption
Empowered Walk Jenny' s Place - Ausgrid team

Community Giving Program

Community Giving Program has donated $125,000 to community organisations
Countryside and painted farm silo in Merriwa NSW

Merriwa Microgrid

Ausgrid has commenced the delivery of its first microgrid which will ensure

18 Dec 2023

Executive Appointments

Ausgrid has appointed two new executives to join the business in 2024.

Ausgrid foyer with Employees walking through

28 Nov 2023

Sustainability Report

The FY23 Sustainability Report describes how Ausgrid has addressed environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues through innovation programs to support communities through the energy transition to achieve net zero.

28 Nov 2023

ENSMS2023

Ausgrid has published its annual Electricity Network Safety Management System performance report

Ausgrid and Siemens

28 Nov 2023

Ausgrid first in Australia to switch gears to sustainability

Ausgrid is the first organisation in Australia to install a fully sustainable Siemens switchgear using climate-neutral ‘clean air’.

08 Nov 2023

Contacting Ausgrid

Ausgrid is committed to keeping communities informed.

Narara Community Battery

03 Nov 2023

Ausgrid installs Central Coast’s first community battery

This community battery, installed in Narara on the Central Coast, marks Ausgrid’s fifth community battery installation and a first for the Central Coast.

GRESB ESG Rating

03 Oct 2023

Ausgrid earns 5-star sustainability score on global ESG rating

GRESB have announced their annual ESG ratings, scoring global Infrastructure Asset leaders on their overall sustainability performance.

26 Sep 2023

Ausgrid supports transformative scholarships with UNSW

Ausgrid is supporting both the Ausgrid Indigenous Scholarship and the Ausgrid Women in Engineering Scholarship through the University of New South Wales (UNSW).

Merewether Pole Mounted Battery Installed

22 Sep 2023

Ausgrid installs Newcastle’s first power pole-mounted battery

This Newcastle battery marks the third installation in the trial of pole-mounted batteries in overhead network areas taking place across the Hunter and Central Coast.

Ausgrid wins ENA award

15 Sep 2023

Ausgrid wins Energy Network Australia's 2023 Industry Innovation Award

Project Edith is a world-leading innovation that showcases how the grid can facilitate the participation of green energy solutions in the energy market while staying within distribution network capacity limits.