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Cowra apprentice Jack De Freitas powers ahead with Western NSW award

When Essential Energy powerline worker Jack De Freitas drives around his hometown of Cowra, he can’t help but point out the jobs he has delivered.

29 June 2026

Media Release Our people
ARENA backs Essential Energy microgrids to strengthen Far West resilience

Essential Energy has secured Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) support to deploy islandable renewable microgrids in Far West NSW.

22 June 2026

Sustainability Media Release
Keeping critical communications online during extreme weather events

When floods, bushfires or storms strike, damaging the electricity network, telecommunications towers can lose power and disrupt the radio networks relied upon by emergency services to communicate and coordinate their response.

11 June 2026

Future energy Sustainability

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