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Powerlink - Helping to Connect Coastal Regional Queensland.
Simon Bartlett
Powerlink Queensland: Developments in the electricity transmission network's capacity to support telecommunications for tertiary education in Queensland
Powerlink's core business is the development, operation and maintenance of Queensland's high voltage electricity transmission network. Powerlink provides a regulated electricity transmission network that transports high voltage electricity from power generators to the distribution networks owned by Energex, Ergon Energy and Country Energy. The Queensland Government-owned corporation internationally benchmarks as one of the world's most reliable and cost-efficient transmission networks.
Powerlink's network is underpinned by a large, sophisticated telecommunications network which now includes DWDM technology. Utilising surplus capacity within their telecommunications network, Powerlink provides wholesale telecommunications transmission service to carriers, such as AARNet, who support tertiary institution educations throughout Queensland.
 | Simon Bartlett's Biography In his role as Chief Operating Officer, Simon is responsible for managing all aspects of Powerlink’s transmission network to ensure that our transmission services meet Queensland’s rapidly growing electricity needs reliably and cost-effectively, and in a way that satisfies the expectations of our stakeholders, including our shareholding Ministers, regulatory bodies, customers, National Electricity Market participants, and the community. Simon is a Director of ElectraNet SA, Chair of the Australian Power Institute, and a Director of the Australian National Committee of International Council on Large Electric Systems (CIGRE). |
