Territory Generation

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Territory Generation
Company type	government owned corporation
Industry	Electricity generation
Predecessor	PowerWater
Founded	July 1, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-07-01) in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Headquarters	Darwin , Australia
Area served	Northern Territory
Owner	Government of the Northern Territory
Website	territorygeneration.com.au

Territory Generation is a government owned corporation of the Northern Territory, Australia, established on 1 July 2014. It had previously been an operational business unit of PowerWater. Territory Generation owns and operates eight power stations in the Northern Territory.^[1]

Territory Generation traces its history back to the first power stations in the Northern Territory which were built in 1934 in Darwin and 1937 in Alice Springs.^[2]

Power stations

The Northern Territory does not have a single interconnected electricity transmission network. Territory Generation owns and operates eight power stations on five separate networks. Three of these are regulated by the Australian Energy Regulator and are managed by PowerWater.^[3]

Darwin–Katherine

Darwin and Katherine are on the largest regulated grid.

Alice Springs

The Alice Springs grid is the second-largest regulated grid.

Tennant Creek

The smallest regulated grid services the area around Tennant Creek.

Tennant Creek Power Station

Kings Canyon

Kings Canyon Power Station is the only commercial source of electricity in the area of Kings Canyon. It provides up to 1.1MW from a combination of solar and diesel generation.^[4]

Yulara

Yulara Power Station services the town and locality of Yulara, Northern Territory. It produces 11MW from natural gas and diesel backup.^[5]

References

^ "About Us". Territory Generation. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
^ "Our History". Territory Generation. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
^ "Electricity Networks". PowerWater. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
^ "Our power stations". Territory Generation. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
^ "Yulara Power Station". Territory Generation. Retrieved 27 July 2018.

v t e Energy in the Northern Territory
Active Power Stations	Berrimah Borroloola Channel Island Daly Waters Elliott Katherine Kings Canyon McArthur River Owen Springs Pine Creek Ron Goodin Tennant Creek Timber Creek Ti Tree Weddell Yulara
Former Power Stations	Stokes Hill Armidale Street Old Alice Springs Newcastle Waters
Companies	PowerWater Territory Generation
Regulators	Utilities Commission
Historical entities	Northern Territory Electricity Commission
List of power stations in the Northern Territory

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