Community

Community partnerships

As the sole electricity distributor to all major population centres in the state, SA Power Networks has a significant role in the community and this is reflected through a diverse sponsorship and community support program.

SA Power Networks supports community organisations and events involved in the arts, environment protection, conservation, and training and development through its support of Adelaide Fringe, Country Arts SA, Operation Flinders, Trees 4 Life and Women in Innovation.

SA Power Networks also encourages an active and healthy community through its support of sporting organisations such as South Australian Little Athletics, Adelaide Bite and Adelaide United Women’s Soccer, and its support of health organisation, Asthma Foundation.

As a major employer throughout regional areas, Victoria Power Networks has an extensive community partnerships program supporting organisations involved in sport, health, regional communities, diversity and inclusion and energy innovations.

The Powercor Country Festival, in partnership with the Australian Football League’s Essendon and Geelong football clubs, promotes the contribution that regional Australia makes to the social and economic fabric of the country.

Powercor also supports the Western Bulldogs’ Community Foundation and Next Generation Academy. The program provides employees the opportunity to volunteer as mentors to young business leaders, become ‘Adapters’ supporting newly arrived immigrants and refugees, or help expand mental health programs in Melbourne’s fast growing western corridor.

Other initiatives include inviting the public and young female science and maths students to sites through the Melbourne Design Week Open State events. Powercor also supports the Newstead local community with a trial of a new residential tariff in their goal of 100% renewable energy by 2021.

CitiPower and Powercor employees also make regular donations to selected charities, raising more than $61,100 to charities through the Workplace Giving Program.

TransGrid’s Community Partnerships Program supports local communities by providing funding for initiatives that deliver lasting benefits in areas where it has infrastructure or is undertaking network upgrades. This forms part of TransGrid’s continuing commitment to building positive relationships with its stakeholders. The program has provided support to community initiatives including the Mulgoa Valley Land Care Group and sponsor of the 2018 Regional Achievement & Community Leadership Awards for regional and rural NSW and ACT. In addition, TransGrid supported the local Yass community to preserve Aboriginal culture and history through an interpretative display by Yass Valley Council, featuring three Aboriginal Scarred Trees at Oak Hill Aboriginal Place in Yass.

TransGrid has also worked with numerous schools providing funding for STEM focused resources, supporting academic achievements through the sponsorship of prizes and helping students lead active, healthy lives through the National Heart Foundation Jump Rope for Heart skipping program.