Western Power (networks corporation)

Western Power is a state-owned electricity network company in Western Australia, responsible for building, maintaining, and operating the transmission and distribution network in the southern part of the state. It serves over one million customers.

Western Power Corporation was created in 1995 as part of the Government of Western Australia's reform of the State Energy Commission of Western Australia. The State Energy Commission had previously operated as the state's monopoly supplier of both electricity and gas. Its restructuring divided those activities between separate organizations: Western Power Corporation became the electricity utility, while AlintaGas was established as the separate gas supplier. The new corporation inherited an integrated role in Western Australia's electricity system. Its responsibilities encompassed the main stages of electricity provision, including generation, transmission and distribution. This made it a major public infrastructure organization and the principal government-owned electricity supplier in the state during the period from 1995 to 2006. The available reference material does not provide a detailed account of individual power stations, consumer brands, executives or specific commercial campaigns associated with the corporation. In 2006, the Government of Western Australia undertook a further disaggregation of the electricity business. Western Power Corporation was separated into four successor organizations: Western Power, Synergy, Horizon Power and Verve Energy. The new structure divided the formerly integrated utility model into distinct functions. Western Power took responsibility for the electricity transmission and distribution network, while generation, retail and regional electricity responsibilities were allocated among the other successor entities. This reform ended Western Power Corporation's existence as a single operating company. The historical corporation is therefore distinct from the later Western Power network business. Its significance lies in its position between the State Energy Commission's former monopoly structure and the specialized public electricity entities created in 2006. It was a state-owned Western Australian utility rather than a listed company or an internationally operating consumer brand.

• 2006

  Electricity operations are disaggregated

  [1]Western Power Corporationen.wikipedia.org

  Western Power Corporation was replaced by four successor organizations: Western Power, Synergy, Horizon Power and Verve Energy. The change separated electricity network, generation, retail and regional supply functions.

• 1995

  Western Power Corporation is established

  [1]Western Power Corporationen.wikipedia.org

  The Government of Western Australia formed Western Power Corporation when the State Energy Commission was divided into separate gas and electricity suppliers. Western Power Corporation took on the electricity business, while AlintaGas became the separate gas supplier.

A government-owned, integrated electricity utility serving Western Australia before the sector was separated into specialized successor organizations.

• Electricity utility · 1995

  Integrated electricity utility services

  Western Power Corporation operated as an integrated state electricity utility. Its remit covered electricity generation, transmission and distribution across Western Australia, reflecting the organization of the sector before the 2006 disaggregation. The corporation's offering was infrastructure and utility service provision rather than a separately marketed consumer product portfolio.

• 2006

  Disaggregation into specialized electricity entitiesStrategy

  Background

  Western Power Corporation had operated as an integrated, government-owned electricity utility covering generation, transmission and distribution in Western Australia.

  Action taken

  The Government of Western Australia separated the corporation's activities into Western Power, Synergy, Horizon Power and Verve Energy.

  Aftermath

  The original Western Power Corporation ceased operating as a single entity. Its network functions moved to Western Power, while other successor organizations assumed generation, retail and regional electricity responsibilities.

  Source

1. 1Western Power Corporationen.wikipedia.org