2026 Finalists
Customer Experience Person of the Year
Daniel Vasek, James Cumming | Carbon Since 1909
Simone Bridge, Unitywater
Christopher Koulianos, Utilizer
Rising Star in Utilities (30 years and under)
Nicholas Assaf, Downer
Lachlan Corne, TradeIL Australia
Eon French, Green Lab Energy and MGT Australia
Abby Ries, Unitywater
Bharath Kartha, Programmed Facility Management
Paddy Mack, Mac Waste
Cohen Robinson, Utilizer
Maddison Sedgwick, Sydney Water
Paige Sedgwick, Jemena
Utility Person of the Year
Adem Ali, Utilizer
Santosh Dhakal, TasNetworks
Aaron Mulhall, Specialised Energy Solutions
Sheeza Shakeel, DXC Technologies
Ash Walsh South, East Water
Field Excellence Award
CleanPeak Energy for CleanPeak Energy Delivery Team
Unitywater for Unitywater Mutual Aid Team
CivEng Consulting for CivEng Consulting’s field delivery team
TasWater for Selfs Point Sewer Transformation Team
SUEZ for Production & Treatment Alliance Wastewater Pump Station Team
Sydney Water for Prospect Pre-Treatment Plant Operations Team
Genus for Genus Reeves Plains Delivery Team
Tradetech Services Australia for TSA Utilities Pole-to-Pit Field Team
TasNetworks for Dolphin Sands Response Team
Diversity & Inclusion Program of the Year
Grundfos Women in Water Connect
Hydrocarbon Manufacturers Association ANZ Limited
Jemena and Zinfra
Saunders Aqua Metro
Transgrid
Unitywater
Project Delivery Team of the Year
CleanPeak Energy
Downer
Genus
Gladstone Area Water Board & McConnell Dowell BMD Joint Venture
Rohlig Logistics
SEC Victoria
Sydney Water
Tradetech Services Australia
Unique Drilling Services
Veris
Safety Excellence Award
SA Water
Saunders Aqua Metro
SUEZ – Production & Treatment Alliance
Tradetech Services Australia
Unitywater
V-TOL Aerospace
Zinfra
Utility of the Year
Endeavour Energy
Epic Energy
Sydney Water
TasNetworks
Unitywater
Utility-Supplier Partnership of the Year
Hyosung Heavy Industries Corporation
LGI Limited
Mangoesmapping
MISCO Australia
Seqwater
SUEZ – Production & Treatment Alliance
TasWater
Utilities Regulation Advisory
Water Corporation
Zinfra and AusNet
Cross-Utility Collaboration of the Year
Before You Dig Australia for Byda digital utility portal
CutlerMerz for Transmission System Operations Capability
Melbourne Water for Collaborating for Reliability: The Cardinia Valve Renewal Project
National Energy PKI for Establishing the National Energy PKI (NEPKI)
VIDA Roads for Utilities Collaboration & Engagement Initiative
Wide Bay Burnett Urban Water Alliance for Regional Sewer Relining & Manhole Refurbishment Program
Decarbonisation Initiative of the Year
ActewAGL for Electrify with ActewAGL
Ironbark Joint Venture for Thornleigh Pipeline Duplication Project’s BONNA Pipe initiative
SA Water Corporation for Reservoirs for Nature
Saunders Aqua Metro for Waverley Spillway
VoltX Energy for Live Every Day Fully Charged with VoltX Energy
Wannon Water for Brierly Basin Floating Solar
Yarra Valley Water for Net Zero Operational Emissions Initiative
Digital Transformation Project of the Year
1Spatial (by VertiGIS) for Transforming Asset Data Quality Through the GDV Hub
Before You Dig Australia for Byda digital utility portal
LGI for DACS
Mangoesmapping for GEM
qldwater for SWIM™
SA Power Networks for Advanced Mobility Platform
South East Water for AI-enabled transformation: Scaling digital delivery at South East Water
Unitywater for Digital Metering Program
Ventia for The Square Kilometre Array Observatory
Network Innovation Award
CleanPeak Energy for Western Sydney International Airport
Endeavour Energy for Self-Healing
Genus for Battery Energy Storage System
Iota for South East Water – Sotto® Network Leak Detection
Magellan Power for The Hybrid Power Booster
SEC Victoria for Long-Duration Energy Storage Project
Sydney Water for Prospect Pre-Treatment Plant
Western Power for Dynamic Transformer Rating
Western Power for The Lab
Utility Project of the Year
Edge Underground and Fulton Hogan for The SA Water Metro Growth North Program
Endeavour Energy for The Western Sydney Airport Transmission Substation
Gladstone Area Water Board for The Fitzroy to Gladstone Pipeline
LGI for The Bunya Renewable Hybrid Facility
Melbourne Water for The Greater Melbourne Flood Information Program
SA Power Networks for Advanced Mobility Platform
TasWater for Selfs Point Sewer Transformation
Transgrid for EnergyConnect
Wannon Water for Brierly Basin Floating Solar
Zinfra for The Waratah Super Battery Network Augmentation