The State Energy Commission of Western Australia was an Australian energy provider. It was established on 1 January 1975 as an amalgamation of the

State Electricity Commission of Western Australia The State Electricity Commission of Western Australia (known by its acronym SEC) was a government owned and managed Western Australia energy provider. It was established in 1945. It saw the introduction of piped gas into the south west of th ...

(established 1945) plus the Fuel and Power Commission. It was involved in the buying of the

Fremantle Gas and Coke Company Fremantle Gas and Coke Company was a Western Australian company based in Fremantle that was bought out by the Western Australian State Electricity Commission in 1986—a component event of the WA Inc WA Inc was a political scandal in Weste ...

as part of the WA Inc events. On 1 January 1995 it was split up into separate gas and electricity utilities, named AlintaGas and

Western Power Corporation Western Power Corporation (WPC), owned by the Government of Western Australia, was Western Australia's major electricity supplier from 1995 until 2006. It was formed in 1995 when the monopoly electricity and gas supplier, the State Energy Com ...

respectively.

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Australian Science at Work - State Electricity Commission of Western Australia (1945 - 1975)

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