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30 Nov 2020

Ausgrid affirms commitment to safety

Ausgrid has published our annual Electricity Network Safety Management System performance report which outlines the activities that Ausgrid is doing to improve safety across the network including the management of bushfire risk.


30 Nov 2020

Ausgrid Goes High-Tech to Ensure Electricity Network is Bushfire Ready

Ausgrid’s annual bushfire safety program has identified and fixed more than 25,000 potential hazards on the electricity network.


27 Nov 2020

Ausgrid Urges Customers to Prepare for Heatwave Conditions

With heatwave conditions to return this weekend, Ausgrid is urging customers to prepare now for the higher temperatures.


16 Nov 2020

Community Batteries

Ausgrid is proposing to trial the state’s first community batteries in three locations across our network area.


16 Nov 2020

Complex Operation to Locate Underwater Fault

Ausgrid crews faced a challenge in one the most inaccessible parts of the network after an underwater electricity cable failed in Pittwater on Sydney’s northern beaches, cutting power to 170 customers.


13 Nov 2020

Ausgrid Bee Project Takes Flight

Ausgrid’s successful Australian native bee program is being expanded across the electricity network with new hives heading for the Hunter.


04 Nov 2020

New substation energised to power Sydney’s Inner West

Ausgrid has energised a new substation which will provide a more reliable power supply to homes and businesses across Sydney’s Inner West.


22 Oct 2020

New transformer delivered for Turramurra

Ausgrid crews have successfully completed a complex operation to replace an electricity transformer at the Turramurra zone substation on Sydney’s Upper North Shore.


19 Oct 2020

Ausgrid to reduce costs to keep downward pressure on energy prices

Ausgrid has today confirmed it is proceeding with an organisational restructure, announced in 2019, in an effort to drive affordability and become a better business for customers.


19 Oct 2020

Trial sites for community battery project unveiled

Three community batteries will be installed on Ausgrid’s network in 2021 as part of phase one of its Community Battery Trial.