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Report shows focus on vegetation management lowers bushfire risk

Essential Energy has made significant inroads into managing vegetation that may cause a bushfire around its network of more than 1.4 million power poles, according to the latest electricity network safety report.

29 November 2024

Network Safety
Another weekend of wild weather causes widespread power outages across the State

Severe storms wreaked havoc across the state yesterday (Sunday 17 November), with heavy rain and ferocious winds bringing trees down onto powerlines and causing significant, widespread damage to the Essential Energy electricity network.

18 November 2024

Media Release Outage
Clean up continues from the recent North Rivers and Mid North Coast storms

Storms that rolled across the Northern Rivers and Mid North Coast on Wednesday (13 November) afternoon and into the evening caused extensive damage to Essential Energy’s electricity network impacting over 8,000 customers from Gloucester up to Tweed Heads.

15 November 2024

Media Release Outage
Essential Energy powers up for Goulburn Convoy for Kids

Essential Energy joined the Goulburn community to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Convoy for Kids which has been supporting the families of children with special needs since 1999.

11 November 2024

Community
This essential oil is good for our transformers

After 20 years of research, Essential Energy has proven that vegetable oil isn’t just for frying chips – it’s also for insulating transformers.

06 November 2024

Corporate Future energy Media Release
Next stop on nest operation for osprey relocation

The delicate operation of relocating an osprey nest atop a power pole in Yamba has been a soaring success.

05 November 2024

Community Media Release

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