energyaustralia founded 1 march 2011 2011 03 01 headquarters sydney australia key people trevor armstrong roger massey green services electricity distribution owner government of new south wales website www.ausgrid.com.au ausgrid building sydney ausgrid a state owned electricity infrastructure company which owns maintains and operates the electrical distribution networks to 1.6 million customers 1 in sydney central coast hunter region and newcastle areas of new south wales . it was formed in 2011 from the previously state owned energy retailer distributor energyaustralia when the retail division of the company along with the energyaustralia brand was sold by the nsw state government . the company is owned by the government of new south wales ; and it has two shares one each held by the minister for finance and services new south wales and the nsw treasurer respectively . 2 contents 1 lease 2 sponsorship 3 controversy and criticism 4 references 5 external links lease edit the nsw government is offering 99 year lease and 50 percent of the business to bidders . 3 this has been opposed by the trade unions and the alp . 3 on 11 august 2016 the federal treasurer scott morrison made preliminary decision to block the sale to the consortium china s state grid and cheung kong infrastructure on the basis of national security concerns . 3 sponsorship edit ausgrid inherited the naming rights sponsorship of hunter stadium from energyaustralia in march 2011 . the stadium was known as ausgrid stadium until the contract expired at the end of 2011 . 4 controversy and criticism edit from 2012 until present ausgrid has received numerous complaints and requests for better stakeholder management and consultation of the local community . ausgrid was seen as forcing their network capacity increasing and therefore profit increasing projects onto local residential communities . affected residents groups from the suburbs of leichhardt 5 penshurst 6 7 and east lindfield 8 9 protested against unwanted and dangerous electricity high voltage cabling transformers and transmission towers 10 being installed in front of their residential homes without proper consultation or response to complaints by the community . the residents after many urgent appeals to ausgrid s coo trevor armstrong and the chairman roger massey green had been given no other option to notify local mp s the media the epa and other authorities to get action against ausgrid . references edit about ausgrid . ausgrid . retrieved 1 march 2011 . mapping stakeholders . ausgrid . 2012 . retrieved 14 january 2013 . a b c treasurer blocks sale of ausgrid to chinese hong kong bidders . abc news . 2016 08 11 . retrieved 2016 08 11 . energyaustralia stadium to change name . newcastle herald . 18 february 2011 . retrieved 1 march 2011 . http www.dailytelegraph.com.au newslocal inner west high voltage debate rages on as leichhardt residents protest cable story fngr8h4f 1226618439709 http www.theleader.com.au story 1921652 residents tell ausgrid back off http www.theleader.com.au story 1945586 police intervene in stand off between ausgrid and angry penhurst residents http www.dailytelegraph.com.au newslocal north shore photos fngr8h9d 1226745815438 page 3 http www.dailytelegraph.com.au newslocal north shore high voltage underground power lines dig up community anger as their local roads are trenched story fngr8h9d 1227280924773 http www.smh.com.au nsw march of the tall grey poles has residents fuming 20110311 1br8p.html external links edit ausgrid.com.au v t e energy in new south wales generation renewable energy plants biomass combustion broadwater sugar mill broadwater biomass co gen condong sugar mill condong biomass co gen harwood sugar mill visy paper tumut cogeneration amcor bomaderry bluescope steel port kembla caltex refining kurnell macquarie university shell refining clyde stadium australia university of western sydney visy paper smithfield hydro electric bendeela blowering brown 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