Western Power Corporation

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Western Power
TypeGovernment-owned corporation
IndustryEnergy
Founded1995
Defunct2006
FateDemerged
Headquarters
Perth
,
Australia
Area served
Western Australia
Western Power Network Map as per networkmap.com.au
ProductsElectricity

Western Power Corporation (WPC), owned by the Government of Western Australia, was Western Australia's major electricity supplier from 1995 until 2006.[1][2]

It was formed in 1995 when the monopoly electricity and gas supplier, the State Energy Commission of Western Australia, was disaggregated into separate suppliers for gas (AlintaGas) and electricity (WPC).[3][4]

In 2006, WPC was disaggregated into Western Power, Synergy, Horizon Power and Verve Energy.[5][6]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Smith, Gregory W. (19 April 2016). Management Obligations for Health and Safety. CRC Press. ISBN 9781439862797.
  2. ^ Nelder, Chris (4 September 2013). "The Perils of Electricity Capacity Markets". www.greentechmedia.com. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  3. ^ Edmonds, Leigh (2000), Cathedrals of power : a short history of the power-generating infrastructure in Western Australia 1912-1999, University of Western Australia Press, ISBN 978-1-876268-42-8
  4. ^ Eiszele, D. R. (1 January 2000), Sayigh, A. A. M. (ed.), "Chapter 6 - Western Power Corporation — A Quarter of a Century of Renewable Technology Innovation", World Renewable Energy Congress VI, Pergamon, pp. 25–32, ISBN 9780080438658, retrieved 10 August 2019
  5. ^ McHugh, Adam. "The sorry state of WA's electricity market reform". The Conversation. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  6. ^ Weekly, Lawyers; Reporter (3 March 2012). "Power split in WA". www.lawyersweekly.com.au. Retrieved 10 August 2019.

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