Western Power Corporation

This article is about the original Western Power. For the current Western Power, see Western Power (networks corporation).

Western Power

Former type	Government-owned corporation
Industry	Energy
Fate	Demerged
Founded	1995
Defunct	2006
Headquarters	Perth, Australia
Area served	Western Australia
Products	Electricity

Western Power Corporation (WPC), owned by the Government of Western Australia, was Western Australia's major electricity supplier from 1995 through 2006.

It was formed in 1995 when the monopoly electricity and gas supplier, the State Energy Commission of Western Australia, was disaggregated into separate suppliers for gas (AlintaGas), and for electricity (WPC). ^[1]

In 2006, WPC was disaggregated into Western Power, Synergy, Horizon Power and Verve Energy.

Notes

↑ Edmonds, Leigh (2000), Cathedrals of power : a short history of the power-generating infrastructure in Western Australia 1912-1999, University of Western Australia Press, ISBN 978-1-876268-42-8

Energy in Western Australia

Coal	Bluewaters Collie Kwinana Muja Worsley Alumina

Gas	Cockburn Dampier Kwinana Kwinana Co-gen Mungarra Neerabup Newman Pinjar Pinjarra Port Hedland Telfer Gold Mine Wagerup

Major hydro	Ord River Hydro Wellington Dam

Wind farms	Albany Collgar Emu Downs Nine Mile Beach Ten Mile Lagoon Walkaway

Companies	Alinta ATCO ERM Power Griffin Energy Horizon Power Synergy Verve Energy Western Power Rio Tinto Iron Ore

Historical	Fremantle Gas and Coke Company State Electricity Commission of Western Australia State Energy Commission of Western Australia Western Power Corporation

List of power stations in Western Australia

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