Western Power
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- This article is about the original Western Power. For the current Western Power, see Western Power (networks corporation).
Western Power, owned by the Government of Western Australia, was Western Australia's major electricity supplier. Western Power was formed when the vertical monopolist energy supplier, the State Energy Commission of Western Australia, was disaggregated into separate gas and electricity corporations.
[edit] Separation
Ongoing reform in the energy sector prompted the Government to disaggregate the monolithic Western Power into four separate concerns:
- Regional: Horizon Power, both operating regional electricity networks and as a retail intermediary for customers on those networks. It will purchase electricity from private vendors in the area
- Generation: Verve Energy, operating the generation plants servicing the South-West Interconnected System (SWIS)
- Retail: Synergy, the retail frontend for customers on the SWIS
- Networks: A business named Western Power will own and operate transmission and distribution infrastructure in the SWIS
