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Australian Electricity Distributors and Retailers Links

Distributors of electricity in the Auastralian Capital Territory

West Australia-based, formerly only gas distribution and sales. Now electricity and gas in WA and Victoria through holding in United Energy.

Aurora Energy

Aurora patrols and maintains 16,000km of high voltage lines and 9,500 kilometres of low voltage lines in Tasmania with 208,380 domestic and 41,643 business installations.

AusPower

Supplies NSW. Owned by Yallourn W power station which in turn is owned by CLP Group out of Hong Kong.

Australian Gas Light Company

Supplies electricity and gas to 3.1m customers on the East Coast.

CitiPower

Owned by Origin Energy. 40,000 business and 210,000 residential customer in Victoria.

Country Energy

Has almost 800,000 customers across NSW and Southern Queensland, South Australia and Victoria -- its coverage embraces 200,000km of powerlines and 1.4m power poles. It and has 4500 employees.

Electricity Trust of SA

Serves over 754,000 customers, with 73,111 kilometres of distribution lines in SA.

Energex

Its network spans 24,830 square kilometres of the south east Queensland market,covering more than one million customers.

Energy Australia

Has 1,478,600 customers and a distribution network covering more than 22,275 square kilometers in NSW.

Ergon Energy

Covers 97 per cent of the state of Queensland, with more than 500,000 customers.

Horizon Power

Responsible for generation, transmission and retailing electricity to regional customers outside the south-west in Western Australia.

Integral Energy

Distributes and retails electricity to 800,807 customers in NSW in an area covering 24,500sq km.

Origin Energy

Has about 1.8m customers

Power and Water Authority

Is wholly owned by the NT Government.

Powerco

Powerco is New Zealand's largest gas and second largest electricity distribution company with a network service area spreading across the central and lower North Island.

Powercor

150,000 square kilometre distribution area in Victoria's north.

TRUebergy

Distributes and sells electricity to 1.3m customers across Victoria.

United Energy

Formed after the division of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria, it services more than 550,000 residential and business customers.

Western Power

Owned by the State Government of Western Australia. Its five major power stations and 30 smaller power stations have a total capacity of more than 2,900 megawatts and 828,000 customers.