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Keeping the lights on

22/12/2016
CEO, Paul Broad, weighs in on the recent blackouts in South Australia and the implications for the National Electricity Market… Australia has been blessed with relatively cheap energy and we have grown as a nation as a result of it. A key part of that growth has been having enormous renewable resources such as Snowy […]

National Heritage Listing for the Snowy Scheme

14/10/2016
The Snowy Mountains Scheme has today been honoured with inclusion on the National Heritage List. As the biggest industrial development Australia has ever attempted, the Snowy Mountains Scheme changed the face of Australia. Constructed between 1949 and 1974, the Snowy Mountains Scheme is the largest public works engineering scheme ever undertaken in Australia. Made up […]

One of the wettest winters on record

12/09/2016
Our weather specialists have been busy monitoring and forecasting the interesting weather patterns that have occurred over the Snowy Mountains region to date in 2016. The dramatic turn of climate conditions from very dry to very wet has eventuated largely as we were forecasting earlier in the year. Conditions have turned from one of the […]

Experiencing wet conditions

07/09/2016
What a difference a couple of months make! Earlier in the year we were preparing for drier conditions off the back of El Nino but, as our Snowy Hydro climate scientists predicted last edition, we are now experiencing decidedly wetter conditions. With only four months of the water year passed, we have already received well […]

Snowy Hydro scores two Australian Business Awards

22/08/2016
Snowy Hydro Limited has been recognised as an ABA100 Winner in The Australian Business Awards 2016 in two categories – Community Contribution and Communication Excellence.  This is the sixth time Snowy Hydro has been recognised by the Australian Business Awards for their outstanding Community Partnerships Program. Managing Director & CEO of Snowy Hydro, Paul Broad […]

Winter is on its way

24/06/2016
Winter is almost upon us and that means the Snowy Mountains region is gearing up for the peak tourism season where tens of thousands of visitors come to the region to enjoy the snow, as well as the hospitality and scenery that locals get to enjoy all year round. Snowy Hydro, through our retail energy […]

Snowy Hydro Appoints Chief Operating Officer

02/02/2016
Longstanding Snowy Hydro Limited executive, Roger Whitby, has been appointed Chief Operating Officer and mining executive John McGagh will join Snowy Hydro as the company’s inaugural Chief Digital Officer. The Executive team appointments are in response to the retirements of current COO Ken Lister and Executive Officer, Information and Control Systems, Ian Cooke, who have […]

Snowy Hydro releases Annual Review for 2015

12/11/2015
In 2015 Snowy Hydro released an Annual Review documment.  This review outlines our financial, environmental and safety performance across the year as well as our contribution to the communities we operate in.  If you would like to download a copy click here

Asset Inspection & Maintenance

20/07/2015
Snowy Hydro is again trialling the use of unmanned submersible vehicles to monitor the condition of hard to access Scheme assets. While the Snowy Scheme is one of the civil engineering wonders of the modern world, many of its assets are difficult to reach due to the Snowy Mountains terrain and the challenges associated with […]