Agency:
Hydro-Electric Commission
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1930
End Date:
30 Jun 1998
Description:
The purpose of the Hydro-Electric Commission was to provide the management and control of the established hydro-electric system including the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electrical energy. The commission also constructs new power development schemes. On 1 July 1998 as part of the disaggregation of the Hydro-Electric Commission came the division of the formerly government-owned department into three companies; Hydro Tasmania which generates the power, Transend Networks which transmits it across the state, and Aurora Energy, the retail arm, which sells and distributes it to customers.
Legislation Administered:
Hydro-electric Commission Act 1914 [repealed 1995]~Hydro-Electric Corporation Act 1995~HEC Enterprises Corporation Act 1995
Legislation Creating:
Hydro-electric Commission Act 1929
Previous Agencies:
| Hydro Electric Department (TA1103) | 01 Jan 1914 | 31 Dec 1930 |
Related Agencies:
| Garvie Family (NG1709) | 01 Jan 1900 | 20 Oct 1994 |
| The South-West Committee (NG3050) | 12 Nov 1962 | 31 Dec 1973 |
| Taspower Credit Union Co-Operative Society Ltd (NG3647) | 01 Sep 1973 | 30 Sep 1975 |
| Department of Primary Industry, Fisheries and Energy (TA986) | 18 Feb 1992 | 03 Feb 1993 |
| Office of Energy Planning and Conservation (TA1097) | 01 Sep 1992 |
| Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries (TA1095) | 03 Feb 1993 | 18 Sep 1998 |
Subsequent Agencies:
| Aurora Energy (TA1577) | 01 Jul 1998 |
| Transend Networks (TA1586) | 01 Jul 1998 | 01 Jul 2014 |
| Hydro-Electric Corporation - Trading As Hydro Tasmania (TA1601) | 01 Jul 1998 |
Series Created By Agency:
| AD872 Reports and associated Papers relating to Power Development Projects | 01 Jan 1900 | 05 Jul 2002 |
| AA520 General Correspondence (1) | 01 Jan 1901 | 31 Dec 1987 |
| AE332 Personnel History Cards | 01 Jan 1912 | 31 Dec 1990 |
| AE482 Films and Videos Produced or Acquired by the Agency | 01 Jan 1916 | 31 Dec 1982 |
| AF240 Minutes of Meetings | 28 Feb 1930 | 18 Dec 1996 |
| AE334 Pension Book | 01 Jan 1939 | 31 Dec 1946 |
| AE336 Sale of Plant Equipment | 03 Sep 1943 | 03 Sep 1943 |
| AA525 Nominations of Migrants from the United Kingdom and related Correspondence. | 01 Jan 1947 | 31 Dec 1950 |
| AA526 Description Lists and Reports on Polish Migrants. | 01 Jan 1947 | 31 Dec 1948 |
| AA523 Correspondence relating to the Contracts, Passage from Europe and Arrival of Migrants. | 01 Jan 1948 | 31 Dec 1956 |
| AE335 Advice Notes | 01 Sep 1948 | 30 Jun 1959 |
| AG455 Surveyor Diaries of Mac Campbell Forster | 01 Jan 1949 | 17 Dec 1957 |
| AA524 Reports of Selection Officers on Intending German Migrants. | 01 Jan 1950 | 31 Dec 1951 |
| AE339 General Ledger - Pay and Wages Allocations | 01 Nov 1950 | 31 Dec 1969 |
| AA430 Contracts between the Commission and German Migrants Selected by Mr Best. | 01 Jan 1951 | 31 Dec 1951 |
| AA521 Contracts between the Commission and German Migrants Selected by Mr Coates. | 01 Jan 1951 | 31 Dec 1951 |
| AA522 Contracts between the Commission and Italian Migrants Selected by Mr Best. | 01 Jan 1951 | 31 Dec 1951 |
| AE338 Voucher Book | 01 Jan 1951 | 31 Dec 1961 |
| AA527 Correspondence relating to Termination of Employment of German and Italian Migrants. | 01 Jan 1952 | 31 Dec 1952 |
| AF238 Records relating to Commission Meetings | 21 Oct 1959 | 20 Jun 1984 |
| AF243 Minutes of Meetings | 19 Mar 1963 | 15 May 1964 |
| AA454 Power Branch - Operational Diagrams and Data Sheets for Power Stations. | 01 Jan 1969 | 31 Dec 1973 |
| AG15 Diary kept by Bill Gaskell During Tasman Bridge Reconstruction | 05 Jan 1976 | 31 Dec 1976 |
| AF227 General Correspondence (2) | 21 Jan 1987 | 04 May 2001 |