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State Electricity Commission of Western Australia

Agency overview
Formed	1945
Dissolved	1975
Superseding agency	State Energy Commission of Western Australia
Jurisdiction	Government of Western Australia

The State Electricity Commission of Western Australia (known by its acronym SEC) was a government owned and managed Western Australia energy provider.

It was established in 1945.

It saw the introduction of piped gas into the south west of the state, as well as other infrastructure developments in its time.

It was changed in 1975 to the State Energy Commission of Western Australia and then later split into two organisations - AlintaGas and Western Power in January 1995 as part of reforms into the energy industry. Western Power was further reorganized in 2006 into Western Power, Synergy, Alinta, Verve Energy and Horizon Power.

References

1. Tasker, K. L (1973), The State Electricity Commission : that the establishment of the S.E.C. has been justified, based on its performance over the past twenty-five years, retrieved 9 December 2015
2. State Electricity Commission of Western Australia (1970), Kwinana Power Station : opened officially 20th November 1970 by the Premier of Western Australia, the Hon. Sir David Brand ... [and] the Minister for Electricity, the Hon. C.D. Nalder, State Electricity Commission of Western Australia, retrieved 9 December 2015

External links

• Australian Science at Work - State Electricity Commission of Western Australia (1945 - 1975)

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