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Power and Water is the Northern Territory's premier provider of electricity, water and sewerage services. Our track record in electricity generation, power transmission and distribution networks, water and sewerage services, rural and remote services, and retail services is proven.
We are one of the largest businesses in the Northern Territory with assets in excess of $1.2 billion and 750 employees.
Power and Water has more than 70,000 customers, including about 55,000 domestic consumers and 10,000 businesses, including about 120 major customers. We supply essential services to nearly 7,000 customers in remote Aboriginal communities.
We operate generation facilities across the Northern Territory, using gas, diesel, solar and combined technologies. This includes installation of the latest technology, for example the 45MW LM6000 gas turbine generator installed at Channel Island Power Station. An innovative ice cooling and storage solution 
improves our efficiency in hot, tropical conditions. It also includes pioneering energy-efficient innovations, for example the combined diesel-solar generation at Bulman and Kings Canyon, completed in 2003. Read more about our renewable energy projects.
Our total capacity is more than 380 megawatts. Power and Water’s gas turbine power station at Channel Island, on Darwin Harbour’s Middle Arm, is the Territory’s largest power station (254 megawatts) Ron Goodin Power Station at Alice Springs is the 2nd largest (50.6 megawatts).
Katherine’s power station (19.5 megawatts), about 300 kilometres south of Darwin, is linked to the Channel Island facility by a 132,000 volt transmission line. The Darwin-Katherine system links the Channel Island, Berrimah, Pine Creek, and Katherine power stations. Pine Creek is privately owned. The Darwin-Katherine system represents about three-quarters of the generating capacity owned by Power and Water.
Power and Water owns eight minor power stations dedicated to smaller townships at Borroloola, Daly Waters, Elliott, Kings Canyon, Newcastle Waters, Timber Creek, Ti Tree and Yulara. The corporation also operates 68 remote community power stations, largely diesel powered.
We are responsible for the maintenance of these assets. We advertise our scheduled works every Monday morning on radio stations Mix 104.9, Hot 100 and Territory FM. Our programmes Include:
We provide water supply and sewerage services within five major and thirteen minor centres.
Most water supplies rely on groundwater, however Darwin and Katherine use a combination of groundwater and surface water supplies. Limited water treatment is required and in most cases supplies are only disinfected prior to use. Yulara is an exception where a desalination plant is operated. In both Yulara and Alice Springs, non-potable groundwater supplies are reticulated for irrigation usage.
All major centres have reticulated sewerage however some minor centres rely on septic tank system. Sewage is mostly treated via waste stabilisation ponds. The volume of sewage treated is approximately 20,000 million litres per year. We have developed a number of reclaimed water schemes to reduce the load on drinking water supplies and protect the environment.
Electricity, water and sewerage services are provided to over 80 remote Aboriginal communities across the Northern Territory. These are in isolated locations, both in tropical and arid environments and require careful planning of all works, as well as active resource conservation initiatives. This includes solar-powered water pumps, highly efficient small diesel power stations, and local education campaigns.
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This specialist business unit provides consulting, project management and engineering services in: power engineering and testing, automatic process control, telecommunications and metering services. An ongoing alliance with Optus for fibre optic cable has extended Power and Water’s skills into new technology.
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Power and Water’s major fuel source is natural gas, sourced from the Mereenie and Palm Valley gas fields in Central Australia. The pipeline is 1500kms long, owned by NT Gas Pty Ltd.
Controlled through a board of directors, Darnor Pty Ltd holds a 2.5% equity in NT Gas Pty Ltd, the lessee operator of the Amadeus Basin-to-Darwin gas pipeline. Darnor Pty Ltd derives its income from transmission of gas via the Amadeus Basin to Darwin gas pipeline to third party customers.
Gasgo Pty Ltd is also controlled through a board of directors. The company's primary role is to purchase gas from the Amadeus Basin gas producers and then sell the gas to NT Gas Pty Ltd. Power and Water purchases gas from NT Gas Pty Ltd as the primary fuel for power generation at stations from Tennant Creek to Darwin.
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