Transend Networks
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Transend Networks was Government of Tasmania owned business that operated was the electricity transmission network provider in Tasmania, Australia from 1998 until 2014.
HistoryEdit
Transend Networks was formed on 1 July 1998 under the Electricity Companies Act 1997 as part of the breaking up 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.<ref>National Electricity Market Australian Energy Market Commission</ref><ref>Tasmania throws switch on retail energy competition ABC News 30 June 2014</ref>
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.<ref>Transend Australian Energy Regulator</ref>
Transend also owned and operated a telecommunications business that served customers in the electricity supply industry and in other industries.<ref>Telecommunications Transend Networks</ref>