EnergyAustralia (state government enterprise)
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| State–owned enterprise | |
| Industry | Public utility |
| Fate | De-merged |
| Predecessor | Orion Energy Sydney Electricity |
| Successor |
EnergyAustralia Ausgrid |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Defunct | 2011 |
| Headquarters | Sydney, Australia |
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Area served
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Sydney, Newcastle and Central Coast areas of NSW |
| Services | Electricity retail and distribution Natural gas retail and distribution |
| Owner | Government of New South Wales |
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Number of employees
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4,767 (2006) |
| Website | www |
EnergyAustralia was a state–owned enterprise of the Government of New South Wales, Australia. It was electricity and gas supplier and retailer which primarily supplied the Sydney, Newcastle and Central Coast areas of New South Wales. Since market deregulation, it increased its focus on retail supply opportunities in electricity and gas to the Victorian market and electricity in the deregulated south–east corner of Queensland.
EnergyAustralia has origins over 100 years old, and was formed after a merger in 1996 between Orion Energy (formerly Shortland Electricity and Shortland County Council) and Sydney Electricity (formerly Sydney County Council, Mackellar County Council and St George County Council).
In 2011, EnergyAustralia's retail business and company name was sold to TRUEnergy. In 2012, TRUEnergy adapted the name EnergyAustralia. The distribution business remained a state government enterprise and was renamed Ausgrid.
The company had a price-regulated monopoly for the supply of electricity to its supply area. The residential energy market was deregulated in 1997 and full retail contestability introduced in 2002.
EnergyAustralia owned an electricity distribution network in addition to its retail activities. The electricity distribution network covered most of the eastern parts of Sydney, Central Coast and Hunter regions, with the Integral Energy distribution network covering most parts of Western Sydney.
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