Electricity

We all depend on electricity, and New South Wales is lucky to have some of the most affordable in the world.

NSW has an excellent reliability rate of 99.96 per cent.

The NSW Government is currently investing $9.1 billion in the electricity industry.

Approximately, ninety per cent of our electricity is generated from coal-fired power stations.

Sources of electricity of NSW are black coal, hydro, other renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, and natural gas

The Department of Energy, Utilities and Sustainability's role is to provide leadership in electricity policy and regulation.

We continue to oversee reforms to the NSW electricity industry. So far, these have included introduction of a national wholesale electricity market and full retail competition.

We support a customer protection regime which ensures that these reforms deliver the benefits of competition to the entire community.

We are also responsible for oversight of the NSW electricity network planning, demand management, quality of supply, reliability and safety within the electricity network industry.

Proposed regulatory changes under the Electricity Supply Act 1995 and Gas Supply Act 1996 – submissions close 23 July 2008

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