| Company type | Government-owned corporation |
|---|---|
| Industry | Electricity |
| Predecessor | Western Power Corporation |
| Founded | 1 April 2006 (2006-04-01) |
| Founder | Government of Western Australia |
| Headquarters | Karratha |
Area served | Western Australia |
Key people | Samantha Tough (Chairperson) Stephanie Unwin (CEO) |
| Services | Electricity distribution |
| Revenue | $676 million (2024) |
| $15 million (2024) | |
Number of employees | 611 (2024) |
| Parent | Government of Western Australia |
| Website | www |
Horizon Power is a power company that provides power supplies toWestern Australia owned by theGovernment of Western Australia.
Horizon Power was established on 1 April 2006 afterWestern Power Corporation was split up.[1] It operates in thePilbara,Kimberley,Gascoyne/Mid-West and SouthernGoldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia. Horizon Power’s head office is inKarratha with regional offices inBroome,Kununurra,Carnarvon,Esperance andPort Hedland, and administrative support delivered fromPerth.
Horizon Power is responsible for delivering electricity to 47,000 connections, supplying more than 100,000 residents and more than 10,000 businesses in regional towns and remote communities.[2] It manages 38 systems: the North West Interconnected System in the Pilbara and the connected network between Kununurra,Wyndham andLake Argyle, and 34 stand-alone systems across regional Western Australia.
Its service area is approximately 2.3 million square kilometres, which means Horizon Power services the biggest area with the fewest customers in the world. For every 53.5 square kilometres of terrain, Horizon Power has one customer.