AGY-497 | Office of Energy

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The Office of Energy was established on 1 July 1991as an Administrative Office responsible to the Minister for Energy. The branches of Energy Executive, Energy Resources and Policy Division and Electricity Distribution Division were removed from the Department of Minerals and Energy and added to the new Office of Energy.(1) The role of the Office of Energy was to provide the Minister for Energy with the development of policy to promote sustainable energy production and use, and implementation of new and more efficient energy technologies.(2)

The Office of Energy was abolished on 6th April 1995 and its branches were transferred to the Department of Energy.(3)

FOOTNOTES
(1)New South Wales Government Gazette No.101, 28 June 1991
(2)Office of Energy Annual Report 1992-93
(3)New South Wales Government Gazette No.39, 5 April 1995, p.1861