Western Power Corporation

Former electric utility in Western Australia

This article is about the original Western Power. For the current Western Power, see Western Power (networks corporation).

Western PowerType| Government-owned corporation

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Industry| Energy
Founded| 1995
Defunct| 2006
Fate| Demerged
Headquarters|

Perth

Western Australia

Area served

| Western Australia
Products| Electricity

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[edit]

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.

## External links[edit]

* Government of Western Australia - Office of Energy
* Government of Western Australia - Office of Energy - Electricity Reform Implementation Unit

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Energy in Western Australia

Coal|

* Bluewaters
* Collie
* Muja
* Worsley Alumina

Gas|

* Cockburn
* Dampier
* Kemerton
* Kwinana
* Kwinana Co-gen
* Mungarra
* Neerabup
* Newman
* Pinjar
* Pinjarra
* Port Hedland
* Telfer Gold Mine
* Wagerup

Major hydro|

* Ord River Hydro
* Wellington Dam

Wind farms|

* Albany
* Badgingarra
* Collgar
* Emu Downs
* Mumbida
* Nine Mile Beach
* Ten Mile Lagoon
* Walkaway
* Warradarge

Solar|

* Emu Downs
* Greenough River

Waste|

* East Rockingham
* Kwinana

Biogas|

* Woodman Point Biogas Generation Plant

Companies|

* Alinta Energy
* ATCO
* Bright Energy Investments
* Horizon Power
* Rio Tinto Iron Ore
* Shell Energy Australia
* South West Interconnected System
* Synergy
* Verve Energy
* Western Power

Historical|

* Alinta
* Fremantle Gas and Coke Company
* State Electricity Commission of Western Australia
* State Energy Commission of Western Australia
* Western Power Corporation

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