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Snowy Hydro Limited is an electricity generation and retailing company in Australia that owns, manages, and maintains the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme which consists of nine hydro-electric power stations and sixteen large dams connected by 145 kilometres (90 mi) of tunnels and 80 kilometres (50 mi) of aqueducts located mainly in the Kosciuszko National Park. Snowy Hydro also owns and operates two gas-fired power stations in Victoria. The company is jointly owned by the Commonwealth (13%), New South Wales (58%) and Victorian (29%) governments and whilst not a statutory corporation, is established by the ''Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Power Act 1949 (Cth)''. Prior to its incorporation under the ''Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)'', the company was previously known as Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority. ==Generating assets== The company manages the Snowy Mountains Scheme which generates on average around 4,500 gigawatt hours of clean, renewable energy each year, which is around 37% of all renewable energy in the mainland National Electricity Market in 2010. The company owns an electricity and gas retailer, Red Energy which operates in Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales, a 300MW gas-fired peaking power station in Victoria's Latrobe Valley, a 320MW gas-fired peaking power station at Laverton North near Melbourne, and a 667MW gas-fired peaking power station at Colongra on the Central Coast of New South Wales. The company's production assets are summarised in the table below. These assets are used to generate electricity for sale under contract to the National Electricity Market. The company has continued to grow with investment into Snowy Scheme modernisation projects, cloud seeding, development of mini hydro opportunities such as the 14MW Jounama mini hydro and growth of its retailer, Red Energy. In addition Snowy Hydro is seeking to expand its gas-fired power station portfolio. This strategy is aimed at reducing risks to the business due to its reliance on water as an energy source, and due to the Snowy Mountains Scheme's geographical isolation on the electricity grid making it subject to transmission constraints in some circumstances 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Snowy Hydro」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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