Sam Barbaro will officially take over the reins of government-owned network operator Western Power as chief executive, following the departure of Ed Kalajzic in March.
Whatever the findings of Michelle Shepherd's report into summer power outages, due to be delivered today, Western Power will be embarking on a massive capital investment program.
Grain handler CBH Group has shaken off a soft performance in its downstream Interflour businesses to report a 10 per cent increase in its surplus to $110 million for the year to October, after 13.6 million tonnes were transported through its network.