The Shoalhaven Scheme is a dual-purpose water supply and Pumped-storage Hydroelectricity scheme located on the South Coast region of New South Wales , Australia .
35-703: The Scheme was built as a joint project between the Electricity Commission of NSW and the NSW Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage Board . Management has subsequently passed to Origin Energy and the Sydney Catchment Authority . Water in the scheme is stored in three principal dams and their associated reservoirs : Tallowa Dam , Fitzroy Falls Dam and Wingecarribee Dam . Wingecarribee River
70-566: A statutory authority responsible for electricity generation and its bulk transmission throughout New South Wales , Australia . The commission was established on 22 May 1950 by the Electricity Commission Act 1950 to take control of power generation in the State. The commission acquired the power stations and main transmission lines of the four major supply authorities: Southern Electricity Supply , Sydney County Council ,
105-489: A 99-year lease of Ausgrid for $ 16 billion. In June 2017, an Australian-led consortium of institutional investors acquired 50.4% ownership of the rights to management Endeavour Energy's network assets under a 99-year lease. The consortium is led by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA), and includes AMP Capital, British Columbia Investment Management Corporation and Qatar Investment Authority . Statutory authority A statutory body or statutory authority
140-464: A corporate Commonwealth entity or a non-corporate Commonwealth entity. A statutory authority may also be a body within a Commonwealth entity, exercising the powers given by Parliament but administratively part of the entity." A statutory corporation is defined in the government glossary as a "statutory body that is a body corporate, including an entity created under section 87 of the PGPA Act" (i.e.
175-614: A joint project between the Electricity Commission of New South Wales and the NSW Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage Board. Management has subsequently been passed from those bodies to Origin Energy and the Sydney Catchment Authority . Kangaroo Valley Power Station in the Kangaroo Valley has two 80-megawatt (110,000 hp) pump turbines , for a total electricity generating capacity of 160 megawatts (210,000 hp). From Bendeela Pondage,
210-418: A new entity, Eraring Energy , and the consulting business Pacific Power International was sold to Connell Wagner . Pacific Power was wound up in 2003. The privatisation of the State's electricity assets proposed in 1997 began a long running controversy which extended into the 21st century. On 14 December 2010, Kristina Keneally 's Labor government sold the first tranche of the partial privatisation of
245-512: A number of senior Labor figures came out in support, including former Prime Minister Paul Keating , former NSW Treasurer Michael Costa , and former federal Resources Minister Martin Ferguson . Following the election, former Labor Premiers Bob Carr and Morris Iemma and former Labor Treasurer Michael Egan added their voices in support. Full privatisation of poles and wires also had the support of Australia's Productivity Commission . The plan
280-614: A statutory authority may be a statutory corporation). An earlier definition describes a statutory corporation as "a statutory authority that is a body corporate", and the New South Wales Government 's Land Registry Services defines a state-owned corporation as "a statutory authority that has corporate status". Statutory authorities at the State or Territory level are established under corresponding State or Territory laws. Each statutory authority tends to have its own enabling legislation, or originating act , even if it
315-430: A subsidiary of Centennial Coal. Currently, Centennial operates five coal mines and exports approximately 40% of its coal. The balance supplies fuel to approximately 40% of the State's coal-fired electricity. In 1995, the high voltage electricity transmission network was split off into a new government organisation called TransGrid . The Terranora interconnector (also known as Directlink), commissioned in 2000 to link
350-462: Is a body set up by law ( statute ) that is authorised to implement certain legislation on behalf of the relevant country or state, sometimes by being empowered or delegated to set rules (for example regulations or statutory instruments ) in their field. They are typically found in countries which are governed by a British style of parliamentary democracy such as the United Kingdom and
385-554: Is a tributary of Warragamba River , so water pumped into Wingecarribee Reservoir can be released into Warragamba Dam and hence the Sydney water supply. Water can also be released into Nepean Dam via a system of rock cuttings and tunnels known as Glenquarry Cut. Water from the Nepean Dam can be transferred to Sydney, or to Wollongong via Avon Dam . In addition to its water supply capabilities which supplements water supplies to
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#1732780623301420-555: The 2011 state election held on 26 March, suffering an overall swing of over 16% In May 2012, the O'Farrell Liberal government passed legislation to sell the State-owned generators. In July 2013, EnergyAustralia acquired, from Delta Electricity, Wallerawang and Mount Piper Power Stations for A$ 160 million. In November 2014, EnergyAustralia announced that it would permanently close Wallerawang due to ongoing reduced energy demand, lack of access to competitively priced coal and
455-877: The Bendeela Hydroelectric Pumped Storage Power Station on the Shoalhaven River / Kangaroo River which both go into the Tallowa Dam and the Kangaroo Valley Hydroelectric Pumped Storage Power Station . It's a small storage buffer dam for between the two Pumped-storage Hydroelectric Power Station's . Bendeela Power Station has two 40-megawatt (54,000 hp) pump turbines, for a total of 80 megawatts (110,000 hp) of electricity generating capacity. Bendeela Pumping and Power Station, located on
490-527: The Commonwealth countries like Australia , Canada , India and New Zealand . They are also found in Israel and elsewhere. Statutory authorities may also be statutory corporations , if created as a body corporate . '. A statutory authority is a generic term for an authorisation by Parliament given to a person or group of people to exercise specific powers. A statutory authority can be established as
525-703: The Department of Railways and the Electric Light and Power Supply Corporation Ltd , also known as the Balmain Electric Light Company, the owner and operator of Balmain Power Station . The commission was responsible for the centralised co-ordination of electricity generation and transmission in the State, and some local councils continued to be distributors of electricity only. The Electricity Commission of New South Wales
560-704: The Kangaroo River arm of Lake Yarrunga, lifts water 127 metres (417 ft) to Bendeela Pondage. The Shoalhaven River and its main tributary the Kangaroo River. Tallowa Dam has been a barrier to migratory native fish with estuarine/marine juvenile stages, blocking species including Australian bass from more than 80% of their former range in the Shoalhaven system. Stockings of hatchery bred bass in Lake Yarrunga has been an attempt to remediate
595-543: The Sydney area, the Shoalhaven Scheme also comprises two hydro-power facilities, with total generating capacity of 240 megawatts (320,000 hp). The flexibility of the scheme is that it can operate as either a pump or a generator . During off peak periods, it utilises excess electricity from the grid to pump water back up to the reservoir(s) as pumped storage . The two power stations are: The Kangaroo Valley and Bendeela power stations were completed in 1977 as
630-842: The Balmain Electric Light Company. Between 1936 and 1952, Sydney County Council was responsible for electricity generation and distribution in the City of Sydney , and operated the Bunnerong and Pyrmont Power Stations until they were transferred to the Electricity Commission in 1952. In 1953, the commission acquired the White Bay Power Station from the NSWGR. Under the Balmain Electric Light Company Purchase Act 1950 ,
665-509: The Kangaroo Valley Pumping and Power Station lifts water a further 480 metres (1,570 ft) to Fitzroy Falls Reservoir via a tunnel, shaft, pipeline, and canal. Water available for hydro-electric power generation is discharged back down the conduits, driving turbines as it returns to Bendeela Pondage and then Lake Yarrunga. Bendeela Pondage , completed in 1972, is an earth and rockfill embankment dam structure located above
700-628: The New South Wales and Queensland power grids, was a joint venture of NorthPower (later Country Energy), TransÉnergie – a subsidiary of Hydro-Québec , and Fonds de solidarité FTQ . A second link, the Queensland – New South Wales Interconnector , commissioned in 2002, is operated by TransGrid and Powerlink Queensland . In 2007, Australian Pipeline Trust (a part of APA Group ) acquired Directlink for US$ 133 million. In December 2008, ownership of Directlink (as well as Murraylink )
735-458: The coal mines owned and operated by Pacific Power were split off into a new government organanisation called ELCOM Collieries or Powercoal. In 2002, Centennial Coal acquired Powercoal for $ 306 million, to become the largest independent supplier of coal for power generation in the state. Centennial Coal was acquired by Thailand-based Banpu in July 2010 for US$ 2 billion, and Powercoal continues as
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#1732780623301770-608: The commission acquired the company's Balmain Power Station . Between 1950 and 1960, the Commission more than tripled power capacity in the State, from 490 to 1800 megawatts. At first, this involved completing the expansion of Bunnerong, White Bay, Balmain, and Pyrmont power stations, and constructing new power stations already designed by the NSWGR: Tallawarra near Port Kembla (1954), Wangi , at Lake Macquarie (1956), and Wallerawang , near Lithgow (1957). After
805-638: The power station's high operating costs. In September 2014, the government sold Macquarie Generation to AGL Energy for $ 1,505 million, including the Bayswater and Liddell Power Stations . In April 2015, AGL announced that it intended to close the Liddell Power Station in 2022. The remaining asset of Delta Electricity, the Vales Point Power Station (which has a maximum capacity of 1,320 megawatts (1,770,000 hp)),
840-564: The same fashion as an act of parliament, but usually with specific initials (depending on the authority) and a number. Just as with laws enacted by Parliament, all laws made by a statutory authority must be published in the Government Gazette. The Parliament of Australia , or a State or Territory Parliament , will delegate its authority to a statutory authority for several reasons; The power to enact legislation has been delegated by Australian Parliaments (State and/or Federal) in
875-453: The situation. A fishway for Tallowa Dam has been discussed for more than 20 years but was not constructed until 2009. Lake Yarrunga also contains exotic species such as carp , which are now present in high densities. A fish lift began operation in August 2009. Electricity Commission of New South Wales The Electricity Commission of New South Wales , sometimes called Elcom , was
910-527: The state's electricity assets for $ 5.3 billion. In January 2011, eight of the directors of the Delta Electricity resigned in protest over the proposed sale of trading rights to the output of generators. After criticism of the privatisation plans, the Government abandoned further electricity privatisation. Also, there were no bidders. The Keneally Labor government was soundly defeated at
945-456: The state's electricity retailing assets for A$ 5.3 billion. The sales were as follows: In the early 1990s, Australian state governments began to deregulate state owned monopoly electricity commissions in order to promote competition, customer choice and potentially cheaper electricity. The Commission adopted the trading name Pacific Power in 1992. The Electricity Commission was corporatised in 1995 as Pacific Power (Australia). In 1992,
980-778: The takeover of the generation functions by the Electricity Commission, the SCC and other municipal county councils became distributors of electricity only. The Prospect County Council was formed in 1957, as a spin-off from the Sydney County Council. In the early 1990s, eastern state governments prepared for the National Electricity Market and electricity deregulation. In 1989, the state government formed Sydney Electricity, to take control of electricity distribution from Sydney municipal councils. Prospect County Council became Prospect Electricity in 1991, and
1015-680: Was established before the relevant over-riding legislation. For example, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) was established in 1949 by the Science and Industry Research Act , but it has since come under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 as legislation covering statutory authorities has evolved. Laws made by statutory authorities are usually referred to as regulations. They are not cited in
1050-510: Was formed in 1950 to take over and manage electricity generation across the state, as part of the post-war reconstruction. Until then, power generation and distribution in the state involved a variety of authorities, the four major ones being Southern Electricity Supply , Sydney County Council , the New South Wales Government Railways (NSWGR), and the Electric Light and Power Supply Corporation Ltd, known as
1085-702: Was not part of the proposal. Labor, supported by the state's union movement , ran on an anti-privatisation platform. The plan enjoyed significant support, including from business groups seeking lower electricity prices, such as the Energy Users' Association, the Business Council and the Australian Industry Group ; and by transport lobby groups Infrastructure Partnerships Australia and the Tourism and Transport Forum . In addition,
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1120-575: Was opposed by Labor, the Greens, the Shooters & Fishers and a number of unions. The plan also polled poorly and attracted little support on the ABC's Vote Compass site. In December 2015, a consortium called NSW Electricity Networks won a 99-year lease of TransGrid's transmission network for $ 10.3 billion. In October 2016, Australian-based IFM Investors and AustralianSuper acquired 50.4% interest in
1155-626: Was responsible for retailing electricity to consumers in the Greater Western Sydney region and was controlled by local councils in the area. In 1996, Sydney Electricity was merged with Orion Energy to form EnergyAustralia . In 1996, Prospect Electricity was merged with Illawarra Electricity to form Integral Energy . Country Energy was formed on 1 July 2001 with the merger of New South Wales rural-based energy retailers, Great Southern Energy, Advance Energy and Northpower. On 14 December 2010 Kristina Keneally Labor government sold
1190-709: Was sold in November 2015 to Sunset Power International for $ 1 million. During the 2015 state election the Mike Baird Liberal government campaigned on a controversial plan to lease 49% of the state-owned electricity distribution network (known as the "poles and wires") for 99 years. The government's plan involved the lease of 100% of high-voltage distributor TransGrid and majority stakes in Ausgrid and Endeavour Energy , which together cover local distribution in metropolitan NSW. Country-based Essential Energy
1225-577: Was transferred to the Energy Infrastructure Investments Group, while the APA Group continued as the operator. The ownership of EII is APA with 19.9%, with the balance with Japan-based Marubeni Corporation with 49.9% and Osaka Gas with 30.2%. In 1996, two new electricity generating entities were split off - Delta Electricity and Macquarie Generation . In 2000, the remaining power stations were transferred to
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