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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

Cat up pole promo tile

10 Jun 2020

Cat rescued from pole

Ausgrid crew rescues curious cat from power pole.

04 Jun 2020

Dural electricity towers removed

Ausgrid crews have removed two aged electricity towers at Dural

Ausgrid partners with AgTech company Bee Innovative to house bees on its land in Newcastle

20 May 2020

Ausgrid a hive of activity

Ausgrid is partnering with Australian AgTech startup Bee Innovative.

08 May 2020

Bushfire safety program 2020

Ausgrid has started its annual bushfire safety program.

Ausgrid worker in crane

16 Dec 2019

Safety first

Electricity Network Safety Management System Performance Report

18 Nov 2019

Ausgrid supports koalas injured in the bushfires

Ausgrid donates medical supplies to koala carers

An Ausgrid VPP Customer checking supply

15 Nov 2019

Ausgrid embraces digital disruption as key to grid of the future

Ausgrid has welcomed the release of an Australian Energy Market Commission information paper into how digital disruption can help deliver better outcomes for energy customers.

Vincent Street Cessnock fire

11 Nov 2019

Catastrophic bushfire danger

Ausgrid has cancelled planned outages for maintenance at locations across our network.

09 Oct 2019

Ausgrid plans to trial shared community batteries

Ausgrid announced it intends to progress plans to trial shared community batteries, in what could be a first for NSW.

vandalism of Ausgrid power pole - Fiddletown

09 Sep 2019

Power poles vandalised

“Height of stupidity” adds to wild weekend