Other Responsibilities
Other than electricity generation, the State Electricity Commission of Victoria also:
- Built and managed the company town of Yallourn for workers of the accompanying power station.
- Produced briquettes at Yallourn and Morwell from brown coal.
- Operated a 900mm gauge electric railway at Yallourn to convey coal from the open cut, later extended to Morwell and Hazelwood.
- Operated six diesel shunting locomotives identical to the Victorian Railways F class for shunting the Yallourn, Morwell and Newport Powerhouse rail sidings.
- Operated and expanded the three provincial electric tramways in Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong, after taking over the previous electricity-generating companies (the ESCo (Electric Supply Company of Victoria Ltd) and MESC (Melbourne Electric Supply Company)).
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