Welcome back, Pacific Hydro

On 1 December 2026, Pacific Blue’s corporate, generation and operations business will return to the name it was founded with. For many of the people who have worked with us over the past three decades, it will be a familiar introduction. Plenty still call us Pacific Hydro.

We’re proud of what we built under that name. When Pacific Hydro started in Melbourne in 1992, commercial renewable energy in Australia was in its early days. We saw an opportunity to generate electricity from irrigation dams that were already in use. Those early hydro projects in Victoria were the start of a business that would go on to help show what renewable energy could do in Australia, and at what scale.

The projects that made our name

In Western Australia’s East Kimberley, we built the Ord Hydro Power Station. It helped replace diesel generation with locally generated hydroelectricity and continues to supply power to Kununurra and Wyndham.

Then came wind. In 2001, we opened Codrington Wind Farm near Port Fairy, one of Australia’s first commercial wind farms. Two years later, we completed Challicum Hills near Ararat. It was the largest wind farm in the country at the time. Together, those projects helped show that wind power could work as a commercial proposition in Australia and grow beyond the scale of the earliest projects.

From those first hydro plants, we’ve grown into a business that operates wind, solar, BESS and hydro projects across five states. The part of that history we’re proudest of is helping turn ideas that were once new to the Australian market into projects that have generated electricity for decades.

Why we’re going back to our roots

The Pacific Hydro name is beloved to the people who have been a part of our history and who we continue to do business with. It’s the name many landowners, communities and project partners first worked with, and the one many in government and industry still know us by. In fact, it was industry, who gave us the nickname ‘PacHydro.

That familiarity comes from years of working together, from developing and building projects to operating them and following through on local commitments long after construction has finished.

Returning to Pacific Hydro gives our corporate, generation and operations business the name that best reflects its work and the relationships behind it.

What this means for you

If we supply you energy:  

There is no change or impact. Your existing Tango Energy or Pacific Blue Retail account and energy plan stay the same. For new energy plans, visit Tango Energy.

If you work with us:

This information is for landowners and project partners, offtakers and other commercial partners, government agencies, suppliers, contractors, advisers and others who work with our Corporate, Commercial or Operations teams.

Agreements, payments and commitments 
The change applies to our trading name. Our legal entities, ownership, existing agreements, payment details and commitments to landowners, communities and project partners remain the same. There’s no need to sign a new agreement. While we invite you to update our trading name in your records, you are still working with the same legal entity within the Pacific Hydro group (as named in a current agreement or purchase order with us).

Email addresses and correspondence 
You’ll continue to deal with our people. Our corporate email addresses are moving to @pacifichydro.com.au, and some will change ahead of 1 December. Emails sent to existing Pacific Blue addresses will still reach us for a transitional period. You may see both names on correspondence, signage and other materials as we update them.

Verifying payment requests 
If you receive an unexpected request to change payment details, call your usual contact on a number you already have. Avoid replying to the request or using any links or contact details it contains.