Ausgrid

Ausgrid is a State Owned Corporation whose shareholder is the New South Wales Government. The Ausgrid electricity network provides power to 1.6 million homes and businesses throughout Sydney, the Hunter and the Central Coast. That network is made up of more than 200 large electricity substations, 500,000 power poles, 30,000 small distribution substations and almost 50,000km of below and above ground electricity cables. Ausgrid staff will continue to run this electricity network, provide emergency services, provide energy efficiency advice and products and maintain public street lights. Ausgrid will also provide services to the new owners of the EnergyAustralia retail business. EnergyAustralia’s retail customers can continue to access services through the same contact numbers and links from its website. Ausgrid is delivering one of Australia’s largest infrastructure programs – an upgrade of the electricity network including 50 new major substations and hundreds of kilometres of new electricity cables. This program includes $500 million in smart grid technology throughout the electricity network including Australia’s first commercial scale smart grid on behalf of the Federal Government’s Smart Grid, Smart City project. Ausgrid aims to be a leader in distributing electricity and providing energy services.