Publicly-owned regional electricity network operator Essential Energy has revealed the location of its first tranche of staffing cuts, with 27 full time positions axed in the South Eastern region through a "spill and fill" process that requires staff to reapply for their existing jobs.
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Essential Energy announced earlier in the year that they plan to axe 1,395 jobs across NSW.
The company informed staff that a final meeting of the Redundancy Consultative Committee will take place on Tuesday 8 September, before individual employees impacted by the cuts are notified on September 9 and 10.
Depots that will lose staff include: Bega, Bombala, Cooma, Jindabyne, Bathurst, Blayney, Canowindra, Molong, Oberon, Orange, Briadwood, Crookwell, Goulburn, Moruya, Boorowa, Gundagai, Harden, Queanbeyan, Tumbarumba, Tumut, and Yass.
USU energy manager Scott McNamara said the eventual loss of 1395 jobs across rural and regional NSW would devastate many communities.
"This first round of cuts, which make up barely more than 10 per cent of the number that will eventually go, have already impacted more than 20 depots across this region alone," Mr McNamara said.
