Private company
Essential Energy
Logo: https://www.essentialenergy.com.au/, Non-free logo, via Wikipedia3
Australian state-owned utility
Essential Energy is a state-owned electricity infrastructure company which owns, maintains and operates the electrical distribution networks for much of New South Wales, covering 95 percent of the state geography (and some neighbouring parts of Queensland). It also owns the reticulated water network in Broken Hill through Essential Water, formerly Australian Inland Energy and Water.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- HeadquartersPort Macquarie1
- Websitewww.essentialenergy.com.au
- Legal formstate-owned enterprise1
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Essential Energy is a state-owned electricity infrastructure company which owns, maintains and operates the electrical distribution networks for much of New South Wales, covering 95 percent of the state geography (and some neighbouring parts of Queensland). It also owns the reticulated water network in Broken Hill through Essential Water, formerly Australian Inland Energy and Water.2
Subsidiaries and ownership
Owners
- Government of New South Wales
From Wikidata.1
Timeline
- 2011Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.essentialenergy.com.au1
- X (Twitter)x.com/essentialenergy1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/EssentialEnergyAU1
- Instagramwww.instagram.com/essential_au1
- LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/company/essential-energy1
- WikipediaEssential Energy
- WikidataQ17003842
Sources
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- 1WikidataEssential Energy on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaEssential Energy on Wikipedia
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