industry energy predecessor queensland electricity commission headquarters 33 harold street virginia brisbane australia area served queensland key people merryn york ceo dr.julie beeby chairman services electricity transmission operating income 477.1 m 2014 15 net income 156.0 m 2014 15 1 owner government of queensland website official website powerlink queensland formally queensland electricity transmission corporation limited is an electricity transmission system operator owned by the government of queensland which operates the high voltage electricity transmission infrastructure in queensland . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit powerlink queensland was created in 1995 after the corporatisation and restructure of the vertically integrated queensland power industry . 2 it was established under the government owned corporation act 1993 and is a registered public company under the corporations act 2001 . operations edit powerlink is a transmission network service provider within the national electricity market nem . it does not buy or sell electricity ; instead it transports it between participants within the nem . powerlink is a regulated monopoly business with revenues set by the australian energy regulator . 3 the transmission network operated by powerlink queensland extends 1 700 kilometres 1 100 mi from north of cairns to the new south wales border and comprises 15 000 kilometres 9 300 mi of transmission lines and 135 substations . 1 its network connects to new south wales via the queensland new south wales interconnector qni . it also has a dc connection to nsw via the smaller terranora interconnector . powerlink is a member of grid australia which represents the owners of australia s electricity transmission networks in the national electricity market and western australia . 4 it has been appointed by the queensland state government as the jurisdictional planning body for queensland to assess the capability of queensland s transmission network to meet forecast electricity load growth . 3 powerlink has adopted live high voltage substation maintenance practices 5 on voltages up to 330 & kv and is currently the only transmission utility in australia to use these techniques . 6 its laboratory provides specialist testing and diagnostic services . 7 references edit a b powerlink annual report 2014 15 report . brisbane australia powerlink queensland . 2015 . p. 1 . powerlink queensland . transmission & distribution world . retrieved 10 december 2015 . a b the national electricity market . powerlink queensland . retrieved 10 december 2015 . the national electricity market . grid australia . retrieved 17 december 2015 . technology . powerlink annual report 2001 02 report . brisbane australia powerlink queensland . 2002 . p. 28 . live substation work completed at calvale and stanwell substations press release . powerlink queensland . 3 july 2013 . retrieved 18 december 2015 . oil and insulation testing . powerlink queensland . retrieved 22 december 2015 . external links edit official website national association of testing authorities australia australian energy market operator energy regulator v t e energy in queensland proposed power stations archer point coopers gap crows nest mount emerald kennedy energy park coal callide collinsville gladstone kogan creek millmerran stanwell tarong north tarong gas kerosene barcaldine braemar condamine darling downs mackay mica creek mount stuart oakey phosphate hill swanbank e major hydro barron gorge kareeya somerset wivenhoe minor hydro koombooloomba tinaroo wivenhoe small hydro wind farms thursday island windy hill list of wind farms solar power stations cloncurry windorah companies energex ergon energy erm power qgc senex stanwell corporation tarong energy cs energy agl energy origin energy powerlink queensland envestra lumo energy click energy regulators department of mines and energy queensland competition authority australian energy regulator australian energy market commission market operator australian energy market operator historical history of electricity supply in queensland nemmco swanbank a power station swanbank b power station callide a power station tennyson bulimba new farm list of power stations in queensland retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title powerlink queensland & oldid 740864676 categories government owned companies of queenslandelectric power transmission system operators in australiaenergy in queensland navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 september 2016 at 20 22 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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