State Electricity Commission of Western Australia

{{Short description|Former power provider in Western Australia}}

{{Use Australian English|date=December 2015}}

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{{Infobox government agency

|name = State Electricity Commission of Western Australia

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|logo = State Electricity Commission of Western Australia Logo.png

|formed = 20 March 1946

|dissolved = 31 December 1974

|superseding1 = State Energy Commission of Western Australia

|jurisdiction = Western Australia

|headquarters = Perth}}

The State Electricity Commission of Western Australia was a Government of Western Australia owned and managed energy provider. It was constituted on 20 March 1946, purchasing the City of Perth Electricity and Gas Department.[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/50335910 Electric Power: New Commission Meets] The West Australian 12 April 1946 page 6[https://web.archive.org/web/20240315203915/https://www.synergy.net.au/About-us/Vision-and-values/Where-weve-been Where we've been] Synergy

It saw the introduction of piped gas into the south west of Western Australia, as well as other infrastructure developments in its time.{{Citation | author1=State Electricity Commission of Western Australia | title=Kwinana Power Station : opened officially 20th November 1970 by the Premier of Western Australia, the Hon. Sir David Brand ... [and] the Minister for Electricity, the Hon. C.D. Nalder | publication-date=1970 | publisher=State Electricity Commission of Western Australia | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/18862055 | accessdate=9 December 2015 }}

It was superseded by the State Energy Commission of Western Australia on 1 January 1975.