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Transend Networks

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Transend Networks
Company typeGovernment owned corporation
IndustryElectricity
Founded1 July 1998 (1998-07-01)
Defunct30 June 2014 (2014-06-30)
FateMerged into TasNetworks
Headquarters,
Australia
Area served
Tasmania
ServicesElectric power transmission
OwnerGovernment of Tasmania
Websitewww.transend.com.au

Transend Networks was Government of Tasmania owned business that operated was the electricity transmission network provider in Tasmania, Australia from 1998 until 2014.

History

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Transend Networks was formed on 1 July 1998 under the Electricity Companies Act 1997 as part of the breaking up of the of the Hydro Electric Commission. It is owned by the Government of Tasmania

It ceased on 1 July 2014 when merged with the distribution division of Aurora Energy to form TasNetworks.[1][2]

Transend transmitted electricity from power stations in Tasmania and on mainland Australia via Basslink to its customers around the state. Transend's customers included electricity generators, electricity retailers and major industrial customers.

Transend was a participant in Australia's National Electricity Market that operates on an interconnected power system from Queensland to South Australia. Tasmania is connected to the National Electricity Market via Basslink. Transend was a regulated monopoly that received its revenue cap from the Australian Energy Regulator.[3]

Transend also owned and operated a telecommunications business that served customers in the electricity supply industry and in other industries.[4]

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