National Electricity Market

The Queensland electricity industry was restructured on 1 July 1997 to prepare the industry for participation in the competitive National Electricity Market (NEM). This included splitting the then single Government Owned generation corporation into three competing generation corporations and separating the retail activity from the electricity distribution businesses.

On 16 February 1999, the Queensland electricity industry was again restructured to improve governance arrangements and enhance the reliability of the State's electricity system. The main change was the amalgamation of the six regional distribution corporations into a single distributor corporation