Energex provides electricity distribution and related services in Queensland, Australia.

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Energex | 22,566 followers on LinkedIn. Find out the latest news from South East Queensland&#39;s electricity distribution business.  | Energex Limited (Energex) and its predecessor organisations have provided electricity to homes and businesses in South East Queensland since the late 19th Century. Energex was formed in 1997 to replace the South East Queensland Electricity Board (SEQEB) and until 2007 the company not only distributed electricity but also reticulated and sold gas and electricity products. The gas and electricity retail businesses and gas reticulation network were sold in 2006/07 prior to the commencement of full retail gas and electricity contestability in Queensland in July 2007.

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Over decades we’ve built the largest demand management program in Australia, helping Queensland households and businesses save energy and money while they help us maintain a safe and secure electricity supply for 2.3 million customer connections. As a new member of the Energy Efficiency Council , we look forward to sharing some powerful insights with like-minded organisations. Our Manager of Demand and Energy Management Candice Hincksman is looking forward to presenting at the next Energy Efficiency Summit in Melbourne this month. In an increasingly complex energy landscape, we have a plan and flexibility is the key: https://bit.ly/4fpazqI #energyefficiency #flexibledemand #energytransition #customers

✨💫🌟 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 $𝟭𝟬𝗸 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲? Our Community Fund is officially open – APPLY NOW! 🤗 If you're a charity or not-for-profit organisation looking for a financial boost, we want to hear from you. The Ergon Energy/Energex Community Fund supports local charities and not-for-profits to improve the communities they live and work in by focusing on resilience projects (like disaster preparedness) as well as the renewable energy transformation for initiatives including solar, battery storage, energy literacy and electrification. Help your organisation realise a dream that needs support by applying now! 👉 Applications close 5pm Friday, Nov 29 and recipients will be announced early in the new year. Everything you need to apply is here: https://bit.ly/48wbiE3 #communityfund

This recognition is 🔥🔥🔥 We've been a staunch MATES in Energy partner and participant since 2018, with life-changing, life-saving training being rolled out to thousands of employees to create a safer, mentally healthier, and suicide-aware workplace. Congratulations, MATES!

If knowledge is power, we're all about sharing it. Great to showcase our teams' work and experiences with the Australian Customer Experience Professionals Association (ACXPA) , and to learn from their members - thanks for visiting!

With Queensland Ballet 's extraordinary new production of Coco Chanel opening tonight, we're thrilled to see artists we supported as young dancers in starring roles. A decade-long scholarship partnership between Energex and Qld Ballet has fostered the talents of 60 student dancers, many of whom have gone on to shine in leading companies in Australia and internationally. Coco Chanel: The Life of a Fashion Icon opens tonight for a limited season until October 19: https://lnkd.in/gNPfzneQ Chookas to you all!

This is a story with a happy ending that could easily have gone very differently if not for lightning-quick thinking and reflexes. Paige was on traffic control at one of our worksites on the Gold Coast when a car lost control after the driver suffered a medical episode. She chased after the runaway vehicle, managed to get control of it, and averted disaster; safeguarding our crews as well as helping the driver. Our own Brendan O'Meally and Renee Kath were delighted to be part of a 'thank you' event which recognised Paige's heroic actions.

No island holiday for our crews Even the smallest network maintenance tasks in isolated communities can be complex, especially when dealing with islands without road access. When the scale of the work extends across four islands, the challenge grows exponentially. A recent project on the Southern Moreton Bay Island chain, south of Brisbane, exemplifies this. Our team was tasked with replacing the 11,000-volt bare overhead network on Russell, Macleay, Lamb, and Karragarra islands with covered conductors -an ambitious goal set for just one day. Given the heavily wooded environment of these islands, the insulated powerlines were necessary to minimise outages caused by high winds and vegetation, particularly during the upcoming summer storm season. The Tyranny of Distance: Reaching the Southern Moreton Bay Islands requires a 40-minute ferry ride across the bay, which, at first glance, seems manageable. However, coordinating the transport of 20 heavy trucks, including elevated work platforms as well as generators, specialised machinery, tonnes of conductor, replacement poles, and numerous light support vehicles - along with nearly 70 staff from six different mainland depots - turns this routine job into a highly complex military-style operation. No Surprises: Adding to the challenge, replacing the electrical backbone of these four isolated communities meant that no part of the network could provide backup power. Consequently, an all-day outage affecting more than 3,200 homes and businesses was necessary. To minimise community impact, extensive communication was required, including mail, flyers, posters, and face-to-face visits. Where feasible, temporary generation was provided to essential services such as small shopping precincts and the local school. The Outcome: Despite the planned outage from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., our crews successfully restored power to all affected properties with three minutes to spare before returning to the mainland. This accomplishment underscores the expertise and dedication of our technical staff and project coordinators, who make such large-scale upgrades within tight timeframes possible. Great work team!

Electric vehicle (EV) uptake is growing steadily: more than 53,000 EVs are now registered in Qld, and one in eight new cars sold in the Sunshine State over the past year were electric; either pure battery electric or plug-in hybrid electric. We’ve been monitoring this shift closely for years, and as an enabler of EV charging, we’ve just released our third Network Electric Vehicles Tactical Plan. It’s a 25-point overview of how @ergon energy network and @energex support EV owners’ charging decisions, monitor demand on the network, prepare for vehicle-to-grid connections, communicate and collaborate, and explore emerging aspects like electric trucks and heavy machinery, and kerbside charging. Check out an 8-page summary: https://lnkd.in/gnRNcE7f #electricvehicles #EVs #networkplanning #QEJP

Sharing network visibility with market participants and customers is one of the key Distribution System Operator (DSO) capabilities, a Queensland Energy and Jobs Plan deliverable and a key initiative of our Future Grid Roadmap. We’ve produced Network Load Capacity maps available online for Energex and Ergon Energy Network to help customers with preliminary planning and feasibility studies, particularly when looking at Electric Vehicle and Customer Energy Resource connections. The interactive map provides indicative information regarding the: location of our assets (bulk, zone substations, HV, MV feeders, distribution transformers) available load capacity at the beginning of MV feeders total capacity of customer energy resources connected to each distribution transformer maximum recorded peak at distribution transformers (where available). We’ve already had positive feedback from a range of stakeholders and we will continue to improve our maps as we receive more information about customers’ expectations. https://lnkd.in/gbPzDKJC #futuregrid #QEJP #Customerengagement

🦸♀️⚡🦸♂️ All hail the heroes! Safety Heroes, that is…and thousands of them 🙌 It’s National Electrical Safety Fortnight, and our people are giving up their time to deliver our Safety Heroes program to thousands of Queensland primary students. It’s the 10th year that our staff have been arming Qld kids with lifesaving know-how including recognising danger, how to respond in potentially risky situations, and how to use electricity safely. We kicked off our school visits yesterday at Seville Road State School in Brisbane’s Holland Park, where Anthony Sullivan, Amy Hinde , Rachel Steel, Joshua Lord, Maddison Gross, Michael Saunders, Ben Sweeney, Zane Douglas, and Ryan Tuivaiti volunteered their time and their expertise to help little Queenslanders stay safe. Today, 97% of Qld primary schools are part of the Safety Heroes and the program has evolved to reflect changing energy use and incorporate gaming tech, including the award-winning Safety Heroes gaming app and Scratch coding projects. #safetyheroes #electricalsafety #QLDSchools

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