Type | State government owned |
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Industry | Utility |
Predecessor | Western Power |
Founded | 1 April 2006 |
Headquarters | Karratha, Western Australia |
Area served | south west corner of Western Australia |
Key people | Brendan Hammond (Chairman) |
Services | Electricity distribution |
Owner(s) | Government of Western Australia |
Website | www.horizonpower.com.au |
Horizon Power is a commercially focused, State Government-owned power company that provides power supplies to Western Australia. It is responsible for generating, procuring, distributing and retailing electricity to residential, industrial and commercial customers and resource developments in its service area.
It was established in 2006 during reforms to Western Australia's electricity sector.
Horizon Power manages one major interconnected system, the North West Interconnected System (NWIS), and a continuously growing number of non-interconnected systems in regional towns and remote communities.
Its service area, which is outside of the south west corner of the State, is 2,300,000 square kilometres (890,000 sq mi) and covers the Kimberley, Pilbara, Gascoyne, Mid West and southern Goldfields (Esperance) regions. Horizon Power operates from a head office in Karratha in the Pilbara region and has additional offices in Kununurra, Broome, Port Hedland, Carnarvon, Esperance and Perth.
Horizon Power has some 37,000 customers and is the electricity provider and retailer for 31 regional towns and a growing number of remote communities.
Horizon Power’s Board of Directors:
Chairman – Brendan Hammond
Director – Susan Bradley
Director – Robert Eagle
Director - Niclole Lockwood
Director - Angela Riley
Director – Rod Hayes (also Managing Director)
Company Secretary – Pete Feldhusen
Horizon Power’s Executive Team:
Managing Director – Rod Hayes
General Manager, Finance Services – Amelia Yam
General Manager, Islanded System Development – Mike Laughton-Smith
General Manager, Operations – Ziggy Wilk
General Manager, Shared Services - Peter Jensen
General Manager, Knowledge and Technology - James Deacon
General Manager, Strategy and Business Development – Frank Tudor
General Manager, People and Corporate Services – David Martin
General Manager, Governance and Legal; Company Secretary – Pete Feldhusen
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