Wired for Good: Conversations for a Better Energy Future

What does it take to keep the lights on for millions of customers, and how can electricity networks become more reliable in an increasingly unpredictable world? Host Sarah Aubrey is joined by Mark Ragusa, General Manager Strategy at Ausgrid, and Tim Edwards, Managing Director at CutlerMerz, to explore how technology is transforming the way networks monitor, maintain and manage their infrastructure. From drones and artificial intelligence to predictive analytics and smarter network controls, the

What happens when Australia’s business sector is forced to reckon with the real cost of staying fossil-fuelled? Host Sarah Aubrey is joined by Nigel Lowry (Ausgrid) and Dani Alexander (UNSW Energy Institute) to unpack the high-stakes challenge of electrifying everything from freight and transport to buildings and data centres. They explore the scale of business emissions, the hardest sectors to decarbonise, the race for EV infrastructure, and what oil shocks mean for energy independence - alon

In part two of this special episode, host Sarah Aubrey is joined by Lord Adair Turner, Chair of the Energy Transitions Commission, to continue the conversation on the global energy transition — tackling the hard questions on affordability, equity, electrification and investment. The discussion turns to the cost-of-living challenge and energy affordability, new global electrification targets, the unstoppable EV revolution, equity issues for renters and low-income households, and what governments

In this special two-part episode, host Sarah Aubrey is joined by Lord Adair Turner, Chair of the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC), for a wide-ranging conversation on the global energy transition and Australia’s critical role in it. The conversation goes global; examining where the world stands against the Paris Agreement targets, which countries are leading and lagging, and the remarkable cost revolution underway in solar and battery technology that is reshaping what is possible. Part 1 cov

In this episode, host Sarah Aubrey speaks with Kelly Wood, Group Executive for Transmission Development & Growth at Ausgrid and Mark Westbrook, Chief Project Officer at EnergyCo about how upgrading existing sub-transmission corridors in the Hunter Central Coast REZ could unlock faster, cheaper and more community-friendly renewable energy capacity. They explore the opportunities, challenges and long-term planning needed to reshape NSW’s grid; from smarter use of existing easements to coordinated

The DSP represents an incredible collaboration between Ausgrid, Endeavour Energy and Essential Energy to understand how distribution networks can play a bigger role in meeting NSW’s net zero targets. Sarah Aubrey is joined by Ausgrid’s Alida Jansen van Vuuren, Endeavour’s Melissa Doueihi and Essential’s Marc Thiebaut to explore how better use of existing poles, wires and sub-transmission infrastructure can unlock billions in value, defer transmission investment, support local storage, and help