Sydney County Council

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. [cite web|work=Jobson, S.| title=Power for the People: A history of electricity in Sydney|url=http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=2485| accessdate=27 September| accessyear=2007]

ee also

*Bunnerong Power Station

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