Sydney's CBD

EnergyAustralia will invest around $429 million in the five years to 2012 to maintain and improve the performance of the electricity network in Sydney’s Central Business District.

Our investment program is designed to improve reliability for customers and cater for continued growth in demand and includes a major focus on asset replacement.

Demand for power in Sydney’s CBD is growing at almost 3% a year and is being driven by new residential, hotel and office developments. This growth is expected to continue, with a further 4900 apartments to be built and office space to grow by 8% by 2012.

Key spending in CBD includes:

• New Belmore Park zone substation ($180 million)
• Construction of the new City North zone substation ($83 million)
• Construction of the City West Cable Tunnel ($60 million)
• Construction of a switching station at Surry Hills ($35 million)
• Improvements to the 11,000 Volt network ($20 million), and
• Upgrades of City South and Dalley Street substations ($10 million).