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City Electric Light Company Limited

Title City Electric Light Company Limited Agency Type Statutory authority Start Date 12/2/1904 End Date 12/18/1952 Date Notes N/A Abstract

Responsible for regional electricity generation and supply

ESTABLISHMENT: The City Electric Light Company was registered under the Companies Act of 1863 on 2 December 1904. This company was the successor of the Brisbane Electric Supply Company that commemced on 2 September 1896 and which was comprised of a small group of shareholders who were primarily employed by the company. The small number of shareholders was restricting the company's growth through lack of capital and so a decision was made to form a new company and thereby obtain a broader cross-section of shareholders. The first formal meeting of directors for the new City Electric Light Company was held on 8 December 1904 where it was determined that the formal handover of business operations between the two companies would occur on 1 February 1905.

ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE: Initially, the change between the two companies was a paper transaction with the owners selling the business to themselves. Continuity was maintained with the liquidators of the old company becoming the Directors of the City Electric Light Company. The City Electric Light Company had a capital base of 100,000 shares of which 20,000 preference shares and 40,000 ordinary shares were initially issued. These shares were allocated to the existing shareholders of the Brisbane Electric Supply Company who, under the terms of the sale, received five shares in the new company for each one they had previously held.

The company also introduced a scheme in 1907 whereby employees could apply for a set amount of shares after 2 years of service with each share priced at 6/8 per share and payment deferred for 5 years. Where the employee then remained with the company for a further period of 5 years after the date of the share application, the company paid the amount of the deferred payment as a bonus for long service.

Another notable change to the company's structure occurred on 2 September 1941 when the Ipswich Electric Supply Company Ltd ceased operations. This company had acted as a subsidiary company of City Electric Light Company in Ipswich and the surrounding districts since 28 August 1917. Due to the discrepancies in prices being charged by the two companies, the State Electricity Commission forced the Ipswich company to merge with its parent and consolidate operations.

FUNCTIONS: Electricity supply Electricity generation Electricity, promotion of Electrical appliances

ABOLITION: The first experiments in electricity production and supply were conducted by private entrepreneurs but as the technology developed there was a gradual change in public policy that the provision of what was becoming an essential service should be managed by the government. In 1939, the State Electricity Commission became responsible for coordinating an agreement between the City Electric Company and the government for the eventual transfer of company ownership to the state. For the right to provide reticulated service from Gympie to the NSW border, excluding the area under the Brisbane City Council control, the company agreed that the Queensland State Government could acquire it after 1 February 1954.

Due to the war years, development of electricity supply lines was delayed and the cost to purchase the company was seen as prohibitive when the money was needed elsewhere for development. In consequence, the Southern Electric Authority of Queensland Act was passed in 1952 under which the City Electric Company would become a public authority with shareholders being bought out with stakes in a public loan. The company's directors retained control of operations with the addition to the management board of the State Electricity Commissioner and the undersecretary to Treasury. The new Southern Electric Authority of Queensland would operate as a public authority until 30 June 1968 when the government would acquire it without any cash payment.

N.B. The 1952 Southern Electric Authority of Queensland Act came into effect on 18 December 1952, therebey taking control of company operations, but the company was not struck-off the Companies' Office Register until 12 Mar 1955.

NOTES:

• The establishment of the State Electricity Commission resulted in government control of the management, development and co-ordination of power supply in Queensland.

http://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/Search/AgencyDetails.aspx?AgencyId=401 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.104.168.53 (talk) 14:15, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

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Title Southern Electric Authority of Queensland Agency Type Statutory authority Start Date 12/18/1952 End Date 7/1/1977 Date Notes N/A Abstract

Responsible for electricity generation and supply

ESTABLISHMENT: The Southern Electric Authority of Queensland came into existence after the privately owned City Electric Light Company was converted into a Public authority. Consolidation of the Toowoomba Electric Light and Power Company in 1954, effectively gave the Authority control of the whole of Southern Queensland, with the exception of Brisbane.

Two committees were established by the Government, one in 1957 and the other the following year, to consider a takeover of the Brisbane City Council power generation. In December 1962, the Council agreed to sell its generating stations and an agreement came into operation on 1 January 1963.

In October 1967 the Southern Queensland Planning Committee agreed to make the State Electricity Commission responsible for long-term planning and the Southern Electric Authority for implementation planning. Due to reorganisation under the Electricity Act 1976, the Southern Electric Authority ceased to exist. The new structure consisting of the Queensland Electricity Generating Board and seven district boards for retailing electricity came into existence on 1 July 1977.

FUNCTIONS: Electricity supply Electricity generation Electricity - promotion of Electrical appliances

PORTFOLIO CONTROLLING: Secretary for Mines and Immigration 18 Dec 1952 - 28 May 1956 Secretary for Mines 28 May 1956 - 12 Aug 1957 Minister for Development, Mines and Main Roads 12 Aug 1957 - 9 Jun 1960 Minister for Development, Mines and Main Roads, and Electricity 9 Jun 1960 - 26 Sep 1963 Minister for Industrial Development 26 Sep 1963 - 17 Jan 1968 Minister for Mines, Main Roads and Electricity 17 Jan 1968 - 4 Sep 1969 Minister for Local Government and Electricity 4 Sep 1969 - 23 Dec 1974 Minister for Mines and Energy 23 Dec 1974 - 1 Jul 1977

SUBSEQUENT AGENCY:

South East Queensland Electricity Board

http://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/Search/AgencyDetails.aspx?AgencyId=50 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.104.168.53 (talk) 14:21, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Address and reference

This Green Building Council of Australia article, which can be used as a reference once this is clarified, gives the address as 33 Breakfast Creek Road. Has the address changed in the 3 and half years since or is 26 Reddacliff Street, Newstead an alternate name for the same address? - Shiftchange (talk) 07:31, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

This page has been repeatedly edited by company employees

Ergon Energy / Energy Queensland / Energex employees are all over the editing history on this page. See the multiple updates from 147.209.216.245 and 147.209.216.244, which are public facing IP addresses for Energex. See this page for more detail on this[1]

Beccyob has made multiple changes to the Energex and Ergon Energy pages and stated that she is an employee of the company. A quick google suggests that this is one of their marketing employees.

There has also been a contribution made by an account which explicitely claims to be Energex corporate comms (Energexcorpcomms). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.209.220.34 (talk) 07:30, 21 October 2020 (UTC)