Essential Energy

Essential Energy
Type State government owned
Industry Utility
Predecessor Country Energy
Founded 1 March 2011 (2011-03-01)
Headquarters Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Services Electricity distribution
Water supply
Owner(s) Government of New South Wales
Subsidiaries Essential Water
Website www.essentialenergy.com.au

Essential Energy is a state-owned electricity infrastructure company which owns, maintains and operates the electrical distribution networks for regional New South Wales, covering 95 percent of the state,[1] and the reticulated water network in Broken Hill, New South Wales through Essential Water.[2]

It was formed from the previously state-owned energy retailer/supplier, Country Energy, when the retail division of the company, along with the Country Energy brand, was sold by the NSW state government in 2011 to Origin Energy.

References

  1. ^ Essential Energy. "Essential Energy - Our Energy Network". http://www.essentialenergy.com.au/content/Our-energy-network. Retrieved 1 March 2011. 
  2. ^ Essential Water. "Essential Water - About Us". http://www.essentialwater.com.au/content/about-us. Retrieved 1 March 2011. 

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Energy production in New South Wales
Biomass combustion
Broadwater Sugar Mill • Broadwater Biomass Co-Gen • Condong Sugar Mill • Condong Biomass Co-Gen • Harwood Sugar Mill • Visy Paper, Tumut
Cogeneration
Amcor, Bomaderry • BlueScope Steel, Port Kembla • Caltex Refining, Kurnell • Macquarie University • Shell Refining, Clyde • Stadium Australia • University of Western Sydney • Visy Paper, Smithfield
Coal fired power stations
Gas fired power stations
Appin Mine • Belrose • Colongra • Earthpower Camelia • Jacks Gully • Liddell • Lucas Heights I • Lucas Heights II • Shoalhaven Landfill Gas Project • Smithfield Energy Facility • Sydney Water, Malabar • Tahmoor • Tallawarra • Teralba • Tower Mine • Uranquinty • Wilga
Hydroelectric power stations
Bendeela • Blowering • Brown Mountain • Burrendong • Burrinjuck • Copeton • Glenbawn • Guthega • Hume • Kangaroo Valley • Keepit • Kembla Grange • Murray 1 • Murray 2 • Nymboida • Oaky River • Pindari • The Drop • Tumut • Warragamba • Williams River Dam (private) • Wyangala
Wind Farms
Distribution network operators
Ausgrid • Endeavour Energy • Essential Energy
Transmission network operators
Government-owned generating companies
Retail companies and brands
Historical
Advance Energy • Australian Inland • Electricity Commission of New South Wales • Great Southern Energy • Illawarra Electricity • Macquarie County Council (Western Power) • New England County Council (New England Electricity) • North West County Council (North West Electricity) • Northern Riverina County Council (Northern Riverina Electricity) • Northern Rivers County Council (Northern Rivers Electricity) • NorthPower • Ophir County Council (Ophir Electricity) • Orion Energy • Oxley County Council (Oxley Electricity) • Pacific Power • Peel-Cunningham County Council (PCCC Electricity) • Prospect Electricity • Shortland County Council (Shortland Electricity) • Southern Mitchell County Council (Southern Mitchell Electricity) • Southern Riverina County Council (Southern Riverina Electricity) • Southern Tablelands County Council (Southern Tablelands Electricity) • Sydney County Council (Sydney Electricity) • Ulan County Council (Ulan Electricity)