Prospect Electricity

Prospect Electricity was the state-owned corporation owned by the Government of New South Wales responsible for retailing electricity to consumers in the Greater Western Sydney region between 1991 and 1996.

It was originally founded in 1957 as the Prospect County Council, as a spin-off from the Sydney County Council, which was responsible for supplying electricity to much of the eastern half of Sydney. [1] As with the Sydney County Council, it was initially controlled by local councils in the area. It remained controlled by local councils until 1989, when the state government began to take control of electricity suppliers.[2] Local government control was fully ended in 1991 when Prospect Electricity, a government business enterprise, was formed. On March 1, 1996, Prospect Electricity was merged with Illawarra Electricity to form Integral Energy, in preparation for the National Electricity Market & electricity deregulation. [3]

References

  1. ^ Electricity Sub-Station, The Prospect Heritage Trust, Inc. Accessed December 23, 2010.
  2. ^ Power for the People: A history of electricity in Sydney, Sandra Jobson, Online Opinion, August 25, 2004. Accessed December 23, 2010.
  3. ^ Retail Competition in Electricity Supply: An Issues Paper, New South Wales Energy Reform Taskforce, November 1995. Accessed December 23, 2010.
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
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)