Sydney Electricity

The Sydney County Council (SCC) was formed in 1935 to which was transferred the Electricity Department of the Sydney City Council, to run the electricity network in the City of Sydney, Australia. In 1952, the SCC most its electricity generation functions to the Electricity Commission of New South Wales and retained only its distribution functions. The SCC was merged with other municipal county councils in 1989 to form Sydney Electricity.

In 1904, the Electricity Department of the Municipal Council of Sydney, one of the two main authorities responsible for electricity generation at the time, began to generate electricity for streetlights in the Sydney CBD. Pyrmont Power Station began operations in 1904, as the Sydney Electric Lighting Station, and was expanded over time. Construction of the Bunnerong Power Station began in 1926, and when Bunnerong 'A' Station was completed in 1937 it had a capacity of 175 MW, making it the largest power station in the State, and further expansion brought its capacity to 375 MW, making Bunnerong the largest power station in the southern hemisphere.

In 1935, the Sydney County Council was formed to which was transferred the Electricity Department of the Sydney City Council as well as its power stations, which by then supplied electricity to the City of Sydney beyond street lighting. After the Electricity Commission of New South Wales was created in 1950 to manage electricity generation across the state, the SCC's Bunnerong and Pyrmont Power Stations were transferred to the Electricity Commission in 1952; and the SCC became an electricity distributor only.

In 1989, the state government formed Sydney Electricity, a government controlled corporation, to take over electricity distribution functions from municipal councils, including the SCC. In 1996, Sydney Electricity was merged with Orion Energy to form EnergyAustralia, a government-controlled enterprise. On 2 March 2011, EnergyAustralia changed its name to Ausgrid. The retail business of EnergyAustralia and its name had been sold to Hong-Kong listed TRUenergy in 2010, which in 2012 changed its name to EnergyAustralia.

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