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In the early 1990s, Australian state governments began to deregulate state owned monopoly electricity commissions in order to promote competition, customer choice and potentially cheaper electricity. In 1995, the transmission assets were split off into a new organisation called
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75:) and the railways, who until that time were responsible for power generation and distribution. It acquired the power stations and main transmission lines of the four major supply authorities (
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The
Electricity Commission of New South Wales, sometimes called Elcom, was a statutory body responsible for the generation of electricity and its bulk transmission throughout
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Between 1950 and 1960 the commission more than trebled power capacity, from 490 megawatts to 1800. At first, this involved completing the expansions of
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Ltd, known as the
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263:"Electricity Deregulation Outside the New South Wales and Victorian Markets"
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The
Electricity Commission adopted the trading name Pacific Power in 1992.
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Southern
Tablelands County Council (Southern Tablelands Electricity)
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Electricity
Commission of New South Wales Trading as Pacific Power
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Southern
Riverina County Council (Southern Riverina Electricity)
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Southern
Mitchell County Council (Southern Mitchell Electricity)
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Northern
Riverina County Council (Northern Riverina Electricity)
223:. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University
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was the state owned monopoly power generator in the state of
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Northern Rivers County
Council (Northern Rivers Electricity)
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299:"Connell Wagner acquires Pacific Power International"
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New
England County Council (New England Electricity)
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in between 1995 and 2003. The consultancy division,
1121:North West County Council (North West Electricity)
1147:Peel-Cunningham County Council (PCCC Electricity)
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1155:Shortland County Council (Shortland Electricity)
1213:Defunct government-owned companies of Australia
1228:Defunct electric power companies of Australia
1218:Government-owned companies of New South Wales
1098:EnergyAustralia (state government enterprise)
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150:. In 1996, two new entities were split off -
1223:Defunct utility companies of New South Wales
1243:Australian companies disestablished in 2003
322:. www.parliament.nsw.gov.au. Archived from
187:"Electricity Commission of New South Wales"
89:Electric Light and Power Supply Corporation
1171:Sydney County Council (Sydney Electricity)
363:
349:
1194:List of power stations in New South Wales
1093:Electricity Commission of New South Wales
59:Electricity Commission of New South Wales
1233:Australian companies established in 1995
1139:Oxley County Council (Oxley Electricity)
1133:Ophir County Council (Ophir Electricity)
1115:Macquarie County Council (Western Power)
1248:Energy companies disestablished in 2003
169:Pacific Power was then closed in 2003.
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1175:Ulan County Council (Ulan Electricity)
162:, and the consulting business sold to
140:New South Wales Electricity Commission
29:New South Wales Electricity Commission
27:. The corporation was formed from the
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1238:Energy companies established in 1995
138:The corporation was formed from the
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320:"Pacific Power (Dissolution) Bill"
217:"Harold Graydon Conde (1898–1959)"
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1179:White Cliffs Solar Power Station
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118:, at Lake Macquarie (1956), and
865:Shoalhaven Landfill Gas Project
31:in 1995. It was broken up into
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983:Transmission network operators
957:Distribution network operators
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1089:Brisbane Water County Council
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599:Williams River Dam (private)
448:University of Western Sydney
437:BlueScope Steel, Port Kembla
7:
999:Retail companies and brands
77:Southern Electricity Supply
49:Pacific Power International
10:
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1086:Bega Valley County Council
869:Smithfield Energy Facility
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401:Broadwater Biomass Co-Gen
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191:NSW Department of Records
114:near Port Kembla (1954),
1167:St George County Council
1111:Mackellar County Council
517:Jindabyne Dam Mini Hydro
122:, near Lithgow (1957).
451:Visy Paper, Smithfield
407:Condong Biomass Co-Gen
85:Department of Railways
1106:Illawarra Electricity
1102:Great Southern Energy
873:Sydney Water, Malabar
398:Broadwater Sugar Mill
301:. www.infolink.com.au
221:Conde, Harold Graydon
81:Sydney County Council
73:Sydney County Council
1151:Prospect Electricity
927:Macquarie Generation
905:Generation companies
440:Macquarie University
156:Macquarie Generation
45:Macquarie Generation
520:Jounama Small Hydro
841:Earthpower Camelia
410:Harwood Sugar Mill
404:Condong Sugar Mill
55:at the same time.
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1083:Australian Inland
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444:Stadium Australia
418:Visy Paper, Tumut
197:on 30 August 2007
152:Delta Electricity
37:Delta Electricity
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974:Essential Energy
969:Endeavour Energy
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861:Lucas Heights II
639:Darlington Point
612:Solar generation
434:Amcor, Bomaderry
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524:Kangaroo Valley
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160:Eraring Energy
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1136:Orion Energy
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1016:Click Energy
950:Distribution
747:Gullen Range
654:Jemalong CSP
427:Cogeneration
328:. Retrieved
324:the original
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303:. Retrieved
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283:28 September
281:. Retrieved
274:the original
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195:the original
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937:Snowy Hydro
846:Jacks Gully
820:Natural gas
810:Vales Point
805:Mount Piper
634:Coleambally
629:Broken Hill
245:|work=
120:Wallerawang
1207:Categories
1130:NorthPower
1070:Historical
1051:Red Energy
1011:AGL Energy
931:AGL Energy
893:Uranquinty
888:Tower Mine
880:Tallawarra
828:Appin Mine
787:Coal fired
772:White Rock
742:Glen Innes
694:Wind farms
595:Warragamba
559:Oaky River
493:Chichester
488:Burrinjuck
483:Burrendong
392:combustion
381:Generation
371:Energy in
330:2008-04-02
305:2008-04-02
173:References
112:Tallawarra
1041:Powershop
990:TransGrid
795:Bayswater
727:Crookwell
717:Bodangora
712:Boco Rock
684:Sunraysia
669:Nevertire
664:Limondale
569:Snowy 2.0
473:Blowering
270:Roarty, M
247:ignored (
237:cite book
148:Transgrid
142:in 1995.
100:White Bay
96:Bunnerong
69:Australia
33:TransGrid
25:Australia
1006:ActewAGL
836:Colongra
777:Woodlawn
762:Sapphire
659:Jemalong
649:Griffith
603:Wyangala
574:The Drop
554:Nymboida
549:Murray 2
544:Murray 1
503:Glenbawn
468:Bendeela
87:and the
964:Ausgrid
884:Teralba
876:Tahmoor
851:Liddell
832:Belrose
800:Eraring
767:Taralga
757:Hampton
752:Gunning
722:Capital
707:Blayney
589:Tumut 3
584:Tumut 2
579:Tumut 1
564:Pindari
539:Lostock
508:Guthega
498:Copeton
414:Redbank
390:Biomass
108:Pyrmont
104:Balmain
921:Origin
679:Parkes
674:Nyngan
644:Finley
529:Keepit
106:, and
83:, the
897:Wilga
702:Bango
624:Bomen
619:Beryl
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