Essential Energy – The Cobar Weekly

Recognition of Bob’s 50 remarkable years of service

September 13, 2023 tcwadmin

Essential Energy maintains Australia’s largest electricity network and employs over 3,000 people with their longest serving employee based right here in Cobar. A linesman at the Cobar Depot, Robert ‘Bob’ De Jong was last week recognised by Essential Energy for his 50 years of service to the company. Bob’s currently […]

Two serious truck accidents in one week

October 21, 2020 tcwadmin

Two serious truck accidents in the past week have kept local emergency services busy. Fire and Rescue NSW, NSW Rural Fire Service, Ambulance and Police assisted to extricate the driver of a truck which rolled around 60km west of Cobar in the early hours of Sunday morning. The accident occurred […]

Diversity key for Essential Energy’s longest employee

August 26, 2020 tcwadmin

You’d think a person would get bored after working for 47 years in the same field, however that hasn’t been the case for local Robert ‘Bob’ De Jong, who is currently Essential Energy’s longest serving employee. Since he started his apprenticeship as […]

Storms knock out the power for hours

November 28, 2018 tcwadmin

Storm damage to Essential Energy’s main and secondary power lines into Cobar knocked out the power to more than 2,600 homes and businesses last Tuesday night. The power went out in Cobar at 5.14pm and, for many customers, it wasn’t restored until 1am Wednesday, while a group of 68 customers […]

Cobar cleans up after a massive storm

January 24, 2017 tcwadmin

Cobar residents were still cleaning up yesterday after a severe storm on Monday night dumped 10mm of rain on the town in just four minutes. The storm that directly hit Cobar just after 7pm on Monday brought with it torrential rain (20mm in total) and recorded wind gusts of 98km […]

Streetlight maintenance completed

February 16, 2016 tcwadmin

Essential Energy has recently completed a major streetlight maintenance program in the Cobar Shire Council area to help ensure the ongoing performance and reliability of local public lighting. Regional manager Northern, Mark Summers, said Essential Energy’s bulk lamp replacement program was undertaken on a cyclical basis across each local government […]

Crane cuts power

August 11, 2015 tcwadmin

Essential Energy crews were quick to respond to an unplanned power outage which affected more than 900 households and businesses in Cobar, including parts of the central business district, around 1pm last Wednesday. Manager community relations Northern David Crough said for the safety of the public and their property Essential […]