A little bit of history was made this week as the first all-female team completed a high-voltage switching job for Transgrid.

All personnel on site are accounted for and safe. The smoke emanating from the site is not toxic. This will continue for some time.

The fire will not impact the electricity supply to customers.

A range of initiatives will be implemented to reduce the carbon footprint by 20 per cent across the 700km footprint of the nation’s largest energy infrastructure project EnergyConnect.

Grid-scale Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) have been identified as part of the preferred option to maintain a reliable electricity supply to the Bathurst, Orange and Parkes area.

A grid-scale battery has been identified as part of the preferred option to maintain a reliable electricity supply to the NSW North West Slopes region.

Transgrid has signed on as major Platinum Partner of Moama Lights - Lighting up the Murray, which is an initiative of the Murray River Council.

Transgrid has completed the Powering Sydney’s Future Project which will secure electricity supply to the Sydney CBD and surrounding areas for decades to come.

Applications are now open for Transgrid’s 2023 Apprenticeship Program with roles available at Eastern Creek, Newcastle, Orange, Tamworth, Wagga Wagga and Yass.

More energy will now be able to flow between Queensland and NSW with the successful completion of Transgrid’s upgrade to the Queensland-NSW Interconnector (QNI).