The purpose of the Scholarships is to attract students to the electrical power engineering specialisation that Western Power is currently having difficulty recruiting due to the strong demand from the resources sector in WA for Engineers. Students receiving the Scholarships will be eligible to continue to receive the scholarship in each subsequent year provided they remain in the electrical power engineering stream. Although the students have no obligation to Western Power at the end of the programme, as part of the scholarship scheme, Western Power will be taking every opportunity to keep scholarship holders well appraised of the many opportunities with the organisation through special site visits and student events.

The recipients for 2009 are: