Editing Transend Networks (section)

==History==
Transend Networks was formed on 1 July 1998 under the ''Electricity Companies Act 1997'' as part of the breaking up of the [[Hydro Tasmania|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 (Tasmania)|Aurora Energy]] to form [[TasNetworks]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220303023939/https://www.aemc.gov.au/sites/default/files/content/The-National-Electricity-Market-A-case-study-in-microeconomic-reform.PDF National Electricity Market] [[Australian Energy Market Commission]]</ref><ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-01/tasmania-throws-switch-on-retail-energy-competition/5562558 Tasmania throws switch on retail energy competition] ''[[ABC News (Australia)|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>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140211210539/http://www.aer.gov.au/node/1121 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>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140303133500/http://www.transend.com.au/ournetworks/telecommunications/ Telecommunications] Transend Networks</ref>