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Former electric utility in Western Australia
Western Power Company type
Government-owned corporation Industry Energy Founded 1995 Defunct 2006 Fate Demerged Headquarters , 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.
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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).
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In 2006, WPC was disaggregated into
Western Power ,
Synergy ,
Horizon Power and
Verve Energy .
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Notes
^ Smith, Gregory W. (19 April 2016).
Management Obligations for Health and Safety . CRC Press.
ISBN
9781439862797 .
^ Nelder, Chris (4 September 2013).
"The Perils of Electricity Capacity Markets" . www.greentechmedia.com . Retrieved 10 August 2019 .
^
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
^ 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
^ McHugh, Adam.
"The sorry state of WA's electricity market reform" . The Conversation . Retrieved 10 August 2019 .
^ Weekly, Lawyers; Reporter (3 March 2012).
"Power split in WA" . www.lawyersweekly.com.au . Retrieved 10 August 2019 .
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