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Updates and news from around our network
04 Sep 2023
Electricity Safety Week 2023
Ausgrid leads life-saving lessons as Electricity Safety Week begins
03 Jul 2023
Ausgrid installs first power pole mounted battery in Maitland
Trial of pole mounted batteries will improve the understanding of the customer benefits, and technical challenges of deployment of small scale batteries in overhead network areas.
22 Jun 2023
Ausgrid awarded grant for six new community batteries
Six suburbs in Sydney and the Central Coast will be home to new community batteries installed by Ausgrid. The projects are being jointly funded and planned in partnership with Ausgrid and the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water’s Community Batteries for Household Solar Program.
19 Jun 2023
Ausgrid and JOLT Install 25th Free, Fast Electric Vehicle Charging Station in Sydney - Ausgrid
Electric vehicle owners and users now have 25 locations to enjoy free, fast charging with the launch of the next Ausgrid JOLT EV charging station in Beecroft.
14 Jun 2023
2024 Bright Spark Apprentice Program offers leading opportunities in the energy industry
Early career goers can expect a spark of interest with Ausgrid’s 2024 program, aimed at supporting Australia’s growing energy industry talent with 40 places available across the Hunter and greater Sydney.
25 May 2023
Lives at risk as copper theft crimes increase
Ausgrid is warning that people are putting their lives at risk by interfering with live electrical assets in an attempt to steal copper cables, as would be thieves continue to get caught across the network.
15 May 2023
Australia’s largest community lighting upgrade to keep roads safer and reduce energy usage
Ausgrid has begun upgrading more than 240,000 luminaires into LEDs across its network in partnership with Southern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (SSROC) and 33 local councils.
05 May 2023
Aerial markers installed via drone at Lake St Clair
Following a request from Newcastle Paragliding Club and Newcastle Hang Gliding Club, Ausgrid installed aerial markers across a 1.1 kilometre span of powerlines in the Lake St Clair region to increase the safety of local air users.
12 Apr 2023
Annual Bushfire Prevention Program Takes Flight
Ausgrid is utilising aerial inspections to identify future bushfire risks in the vicinity of the electricity network to keep customers and communities safer.