Verve Energy

About Verve Energy

Verve Energy is WA's leading energy producer and owns and operates power stations in the South West Interconnected System (SWIS) which extends from Kalbarri in the north east to Kalgoorlie and south to Albany.

Our power stations in the SWIS have a capacity to produce 3480MW of electricity. Verve Energy owns and operates four major power stations - Kwinana, Cockburn, Pinjar and Muja - while a fifth at Collie is owned by us and operated by a private company. Our small power stations are situated at Mungarra West, Kalgoorlie, Geraldton and Tiwest at Kwinana and we have a joint venture power station at Worsley near Collie.Verve Energy's generating portfolio also includes "green" energy.

We have wind farms at Albany, Esperance, Bremer Bay, Hopetoun, Denham, Exmouth and another is being built at Coral Bay.

We operate solar power plants at Kalbarri and Rockingham and a pilot biomass plant at Narrogin.

Verve Energy was created in April 2006 when Western Power separated into four businesses. We compete against privately-owned energy companies to provide a reliable electricity supply to WA's business and residential customers. The separation was part of the State Government's reform of the electricity industry - how electricity is generated distributed and retailed. The Government carried out this reform to deliver lower long-term electricity prices to customers through the introduction of competition. Owned by the State Government Verve Energy has its own Board which reports to the Minister for Energy.