Former Synergy executive Stephanie Unwin is set to lead regional energy retailer Horizon Power next year, while Screenwest, SNC-Lavalin, Worksafe WA and Destination Perth have also announced significant appointments.
BN 25th Anniversary series- WA has been slow to introduce private ownership to some state industries, although a series of moves during the Court era generated benefits, according to one prominent WA economist.
SPECIAL REPORT: As WA households benefit from increased competition in gas retailing, the electricity sector wants to be able to compete with Synergy in providing to small customers, with some industry members calling for a reduction in the contestability threshold to 20 megawatt hours.
Perth business executive Stephanie Unwin is moving from chairman to chief executive of listed biotech company Phylogica, while one of its non-executive directors has been promoted to the role of chief scientific officer.
A former Western Power boss, the vice-chancellor of Curtin University, and a former Bethanie chief executive are among this year's local recipients of the Queen's Birthday honours list.
Chairman of education provider Navitas, Harvey Collins, has joined the ranks of some of the top business leaders in WA by winning the Australian Institute of Company Directors gold medal award for WA.
Energy Minister Mike Nahan has confirmed the resignation of Michael Smith from the board of electricity retailer Synergy, a departure which coincided with the exit of three other board members.
Western Australians will have to wait until Christmas to find out how much the government saved by merging power generator and retailer Verve and Synergy.
Prominent Perth company director Tracey Horton is among a group of business leaders appointed to a new federal Treasury advisory council designed to replicate the discipline provided by a private sector governance board.
SPECIAL REPORT: Energy Minister Mike Nahan has told Business News a review of Western Australia's wholesale electricity market could open the door to some dramatic shakeups in the sector.
SPECIAL REPORT: Former Verve Energy CEO Shirley In't Veld says when it comes to government-owned businesses, politics often wins out over commercial imperatives.
Western Australia's peak business body for sustainable energy has welcomed the federal government's review of the Renewable Energy Target, welcoming the challenge to reveal the benefits of the RET
The state government has introduced legislation to merge Synergy and Verve Energy, but is yet to release regulations that will specify how existing contracts between the government entities and the private sector will be protected.
Western Australia's private sector says the state government's decision to sink another $46 million into the Muja AB power station is a questionable decision that lacks financial discipline.
Energy Minister Mike Nahan has announced the state government will complete its refurbishment of the Muja power station, at which point it will seek to sell at least half of it.
Energy Minister Mike Nahan is positive the remerging of energy retailer Synergy and generator Verve will lead to increased competition in the marketplace, but acknowledges the details of how the ‘r
In his usual forthright manner, state Treasurer and Transport Minister Troy Buswell made some pointed comments earlier this year about the role of the state's port authority boards.
The state government has set January 1 next year as the date for energy utilities Verve and Synergy to commence trading as one entity, after announcing that Michael Smith would be chair of a new bo
The state government has moved to completely shut down the Kwinana Power Station by the end of 2015, as Labor leader Mark McGowan teed off on the government's report on the Muja AB refurbishment.
Premier Colin Barnett is keeping a tight lid on how much has been spent on the government's failed attempts to revive the Muja coal-fired power station in Collie.
When the Varanus Island gas explosion occurred in 2008, wiping out a third of Western Australia's gas supplies and causing $3 billion in damage to the state's economy, securing an alternative energ
The state opposition has called for an explanation why the government has been left to foot what it says is a $250 million bill to refurbish the Muja power station in Collie, after Premier Colin Ba
Verve Energy has been paid full 'capacity credits' for power stations that are only available half the time, a report by the state government's economic regulator has found.
Newly appointed energy minister Mike Nahan has defended state government plans to re-merge utilities Verve Energy and Synergy, despite being told that market reform has created savings of about $15
Progress on Western Power's $443 million Mid West energy project is continuing after infrastructure group Downer was awarded a $175 million contract to construct a new transmission line to upgrade
A NEW harvester developed with state government and private funding could spark interest in the commercial potential of mallee trees in Western Australia.
