Territory Generation is a

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of the

Northern Territory The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT; known formally as the Northern Territory of Australia and informally as the Territory) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian internal territory in the central and central-northern regi ...

, Australia, established on 1 July 2014. It had previously been an operational business unit of

PowerWater Power and Water Corporation, trading as PowerWater, is a corporation in the Northern Territory of Australia owned by the Government of the Northern Territory. It is the Northern Territory's only provider of electricity, water and sewerage servi ...

. Territory Generation owns and operates eight power stations in the Northern Territory. Territory Generation traces its history back to the first power stations in the Northern Territory which were built in 1934 in Darwin and 1937 in

Alice Springs Alice Springs () is a town in the Northern Territory, Australia; it is the third-largest settlement after Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin and Palmerston, Northern Territory, Palmerston. The name Alice Springs was given by surveyor William ...

Power stations

The Northern Territory does not have a single interconnected electricity transmission network. Territory Generation owns and operates eight power stations on five separate networks. Three of these are regulated by the

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and are managed by

Darwin–Katherine

Darwin and Katherine are on the largest regulated grid. *

Katherine Power Station Katherine Power Station is a natural gas-fired power station in the Northern Territory of Australia located at Cossack near the town of Katherine. The power station is owned and operated by Territory Generation and supplies the Darwin-Katherine ...

* Channel Island Power Station * Weddell Power Station

Alice Springs

The Alice Springs grid is the second-largest regulated grid. * Ron Goodin Power Station * Owen Springs Power Station

Tennant Creek

The smallest regulated grid services the area around

Tennant Creek Tennant Creek () is a town located in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is the Northern Territory#Cities and towns, seventh largest town in the Northern Territory, and is located on the Stuart Highway, just south of the intersection with ...

. * Tennant Creek Power Station

Kings Canyon

Kings Canyon Power Station is the only commercial source of electricity in the area of Kings Canyon. It provides up to 1.1MW from a combination of solar and diesel generation.

Yulara

Yulara Power Station services the town and locality of

Yulara, Northern Territory Yulara is a town in the southern region of the Northern Territory, Australia. It is an unincorporated enclave within the MacDonnell Region. At the , Yulara had a permanent population of 1,099, in an area of . It is by road from the World Heri ...

. It produces 11MW from natural gas and diesel backup.

References

Energy in the Northern Territory 2014 establishments in Australia Government-owned companies of the Northern Territory {{NorthernTerritory-stub