EnergyAustralia (state government enterprise)

This article is about the former state government enterprise. For the company that bought EnergyAustralia retail business in 2011 and now known as EnergyAustralia, see EnergyAustralia. For the infrastructure company that succeeded EnergyAustralia (state government enterprise), see Ausgrid.

EnergyAustralia
Company typeState–owned enterprise
IndustryPublic utility
PredecessorOrion Energy
Sydney Electricity
Founded1996
Defunct2011
FateDe-merged
SuccessorEnergyAustralia
Ausgrid
Headquarters
Sydney
,
Australia
Area served
Sydney, Newcastle and Central Coast areas of NSW
ServicesElectricity retail and distribution
Natural gas retail and distribution
OwnerGovernment of New South Wales
Number of employees
4,767 (2006)
Website[

EnergyAustralia was a state–owned enterprise of the Government of New South Wales, Australia. It was electricity and gas supplier and retailer which primarily supplied the Sydney, Newcastle and Central Coast areas of New South Wales. after market deregulation, it increased its focus on retail supply opportunities in electricity and gas to the Victorian market and electricity in the deregulated South East Queensland.