Type of business State government owned | Founded 1 April 2006 | |
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Native name Electricity Networks Corporation Area served South West of Western Australia Services Electricity distribution Website www.westernpower.com.au CEO Paul Italiano (3 Feb 2012–) Profiles |
Western Power is a statutory corporation established by the Electricity Corporations Act 2005 (WA) . It is owned by the State Government of Western Australia and is accountable to the Minister for Energy.It is responsible for building, maintaining and operating the electricity network within the South West Interconnected System (SWIS).
When the original Western Power was split it was separated into four independent companies:
Operations
The SWIS reaches from Albany in the south, Kalbarri in the north and Kalgoorlie in the east of the state and includes the Perth metropolitan area. The Western Power Network consists of more than 100,000 km (62,137 mi) of powerlines, 811,000 poles & towers, 252,000 streetlights and almost 155 transmission substations.
References
Western Power (networks corporation) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA