Ausgrid aerial patrols
Ausgrid will be conducting aerial patrols as part of its bushfire prevention program in the Central Coast region from Tuesday, September, 3 to Friday, September 6. The helicopter crew will…
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Ausgrid to check for bushfire hazards
Ausgrid helicopters or drones will be flying overhead in coming weeks as aerial inspections begin across the Central Coast to ensure communities are safe from any bushfire hazards. Aerial patrols…
Community battery on its way for Narara
The Central Coast is the next cab off the rank following the first of six community batteries to be installed in and around the Sydney region now up-and-running at Cabarita….
Ausgrid warning to livestock owners
Ausgrid is warning the public of the imminent use of low-flying helicopters to inspect overhead powerlines across parts of the Central Coast. Helicopter patrols will fly low over poles from…
Power outages across the region
[Tuesday, July 5, 8am] Power to many areas of the Central Coast has been cut following the extreme weather conditions since the weekend. Ausgrid crews are working alongside the SES…
Power line patrols may startle pets
Helicopters will be buzzing overhead next week as Ausgrid conducts aerial thermal patrols of powerlines as part of ongoing network maintenance. From Tuesday, August 31 the helicopters will fly close…
Ausgrid defends authorised worker movements
Ausgrid has hit back at calls from the Electrical Trades Union (ETU) to stop its workers travelling in and out of the locked-down Newcastle, Hunter and Greater Sydney (incorporating the…
Ausgrid can’t get to properties without power because of flooded roads
The “valleys” have been cut off from power and phone since Saturday night because Ausgrid workers can’t get into the area due to flooded roads. The Yarramalong, Jilliby and Dooralong…
Ausgrid job cutting blamed for delays to power restoration
Electrical Trades Union (ETU) delegates are calling on Ausgrid to stop cutting jobs, with now fewer than 100 people employed at the sole remaining regional depot at Ourimbah. They say…
ETU rallies against job cuts at Ausgrid
Electrical Trades Union (ETU) delegates rallied at Gosford racecourse on February 11 calling on Ausgrid to stop cutting Central Coast jobs. They say the electricity company has axed more than…
Ausgrid propose a one year wage freeze and 200 redundancies
Around 700 Ausgrid workers on the Central Coast face an uncertain future, with the company proposing a one year wage freeze from February, and 200 redundancies across the network announced…
Helicopters on power-line patrol
The Ausgrid bushfire prevention program is underway. From today you may see helicopters flying low inspecting the electricity network on the Central Coast. As part of Ausgrid’s Bushfire Risk Management…
Ausgrid needs to be responsible for its own equipment
[Forum]Why did Ausgrid sack 4,000 people and then call upon the Federal Government to use Defence Force engineers to repair our power supply? All power and water should be owned…
Power restoration delays due to job cuts – ETU
Power has finally been restored to most suburbs on the Central Coast following the huge storm event in February, according to the Ausgrid website on February 20. The Electrical Trades…
A fair share of the Ausgrid lease revenue
The Central Coast does not appear to be getting its fair share of the $16.18 billion dollars raised by the NSW Government’s 99- year lease of half of Ausgrid, according…