Electricity Commission of New South Wales

[8] On 14 December 2010 Kristina Keneally Labor government sold the state's electricity retailing assets for A$5.3 billion.

In 1992, the coal mines owned and operated by Pacific Power were split off into a new government organanisation called ELCOM Collieries or Powercoal.

The Terranora interconnector (also known as Directlink), commissioned in 2000 to link 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.

[26] The privatisation of the State's electricity assets proposed in 1997[27] 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 the state's electricity assets for $5.3 billion.

[28] 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.

In July 2013, EnergyAustralia acquired, from Delta Electricity, Wallerawang and Mount Piper Power Stations for A$160 million.

[32] 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 the power station's high operating costs.

[33] In September 2014, the government sold Macquarie Generation to AGL Energy for $1,505 million,[34] including the Bayswater and Liddell Power Stations.

[36] 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.

[42][43] 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.