:Western Power Corporation

{{Short description|Former electric utility in Western Australia}}

{{About|the original Western Power|the current Western Power|Western Power (networks corporation)}}

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| location_city = Perth

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Western Power Corporation (WPC), owned by the Government of Western Australia, was Western Australia's major electricity supplier from 1995 until 2006.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LCzOBQAAQBAJ&q=%22Western+Power+Corporation%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA56|title=Management Obligations for Health and Safety|last=Smith|first=Gregory W.|date=2016-04-19|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=9781439862797|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/the-perils-of-electricity-capacity-markets|title=The Perils of Electricity Capacity Markets|last=Nelder|first=Chris|date=2013-09-04|website=www.greentechmedia.com|access-date=2019-08-10}}

It was formed in 1995 when the monopoly electricity and gas supplier, the State Energy Commission of Western Australia, was disaggregated into separate suppliers for gas (AlintaGas) and electricity (WPC).{{Citation | author1=Edmonds, Leigh | title=Cathedrals of power : a short history of the power-generating infrastructure in Western Australia 1912-1999 | date=2000 | publisher=University of Western Australia Press | isbn=978-1-876268-42-8 | author1-link=Leigh Edmonds }}{{Citation|last=Eiszele|first=D. R.|title=Chapter 6 - Western Power Corporation — A Quarter of a Century of Renewable Technology Innovation|date=2000-01-01|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780080438658500064|work=World Renewable Energy Congress VI|pages=25–32|editor-last=Sayigh|editor-first=A. A. M.|publisher=Pergamon|isbn=9780080438658|access-date=2019-08-10}}

In 2006, WPC was disaggregated into Western Power, Synergy, Horizon Power and Verve Energy.{{Cite web|url=http://theconversation.com/the-sorry-state-of-was-electricity-market-reform-10340|title=The sorry state of WA's electricity market reform|last=McHugh|first=Adam|website=The Conversation|date=30 October 2012 |language=en|access-date=2019-08-10}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.lawyersweekly.com.au/deals/2794-power-split-in-wa|title=Power split in WA|last1=Weekly|first1=Lawyers|last2=Reporter|date=2012-03-03|website=www.lawyersweekly.com.au|language=en|access-date=2019-08-10}}