is western power and synergy the same company
Synergy (electricity corporation) Synergy is a corporation owned by the Government of Western Australia. Synergy, Verve Energy, Horizon Power and Western Power were created in 2006 as a result of the breakup (disaggregation) of Western Power Corporation. With effect from 1 January 2014 the retailer (Synergy) merged with the state-owned generation business (Verve Energy). That new company is also called Synergy. The corporation's official legal name is the "Electricity Generation and Retail Corporation". Synergy is Western Australiaâ€™s largest energy retailer and generator with more than one million industrial, commercial and residential customers, generating total annual revenue of more than $3.2 billion (14/15 financial year).