Sydney County Council
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The Sydney County Council (SCC) was the authority responsible for electricity supplies in Sydney
, Australia
. The entity was created in 1936, and was elected and controlled by the municipal councils
of Sydney. Between 1936 and 1952, it was responsible for electricity generation and distribution. In 1952, the NSW Electricity Commission was created to manage electricity generation across the state, and the SCC became a distributor of electricity only. From 1989, the state government began to wrest control of the SCC from the municipal councils, and in 1989, Sydney Electricity, a state government controlled corporation, was created. In 1996, Sydney Electricity was merged with Orion Energy to form Energy Australia, which is now one of many electricity distributors in the national deregulated electricity market.
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. The entity was created in 1936, and was elected and controlled by the municipal councils
Local Government Areas of New South Wales
The local government areas of New South Wales, Australia have been subject to periodic bouts of restructuring and rationalisation by the State Government, involving voluntary and involuntary amalgamation of areas...
of Sydney. Between 1936 and 1952, it was responsible for electricity generation and distribution. In 1952, the NSW Electricity Commission was created to manage electricity generation across the state, and the SCC became a distributor of electricity only. From 1989, the state government began to wrest control of the SCC from the municipal councils, and in 1989, Sydney Electricity, a state government controlled corporation, was created. In 1996, Sydney Electricity was merged with Orion Energy to form Energy Australia, which is now one of many electricity distributors in the national deregulated electricity market.