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Former power provider in Western Australia

State Electricity Commission of Western Australia
Agency overview
Formed20 March 1946
Dissolved31 December 1974
Superseding agency
JurisdictionWestern Australia
HeadquartersPerth

The State Electricity Commission of Western Australia was a Government of Western Australia owned and managed energy provider. It was constituted on 20 March 1946, purchasing the City of Perth Electricity and Gas Department.

It saw the introduction of piped gas into the south west of Western Australia, as well as other infrastructure developments in its time.

It was superseded by the State Energy Commission of Western Australia on 1 January 1975.

References

  1. Electric Power: New Commission Meets The West Australian 12 April 1946 page 6
  2. ^ Where we've been Synergy
  3. State Electricity Commission of Western Australia (1970), Kwinana Power Station : opened officially 20th November 1970 by the Premier of Western Australia, the Hon. Sir David Brand ... [and] the Minister for Electricity, the Hon. C.D. Nalder, State Electricity Commission of Western Australia, retrieved 9 December 2015
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