Editing Transend Networks

{{Short description|Former Tasmania state-owned enterprise}}
{{about|the former company|the present Tasmanian electricity transmission company|TasNetworks}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox company
|name               = Transend Networks
|logo               = Logo TransendNetworks.png
|logo_size          = 150px
|type               = [[Government owned corporation]]
|fate               = Merged into [[TasNetworks]]
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|foundation         = {{Start date|1998|07|01|df=y}}
|founder            = 
|defunct            = {{End date|2014|06|30|df=y}}
|location_city      = [[Lenah Valley]]
|location_country   = Australia
|area_served        = [[Tasmania]]
|key_people         = 
|industry           = [[Electricity]]
|services           = [[Electric power transmission]]
|owner              = [[Government of Tasmania]]
|revenue            = 
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|website            = [https://web.archive.org/web/20140402035624/http://www.transend.com.au/ www.transend.com.au]}}

'''Transend Networks''' was [[Government of Tasmania]] owned business that operated was the electricity transmission network provider in [[Tasmania]], Australia from 1998 until 2014.

==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>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140402035624/http://www.transend.com.au/ Official website]

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[[Category:Defunct telecommunications companies of Australia]]
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