Department of Energy and Water Supply (Queensland)

Department overview
Jurisdiction	Queensland
Headquarters	41 George Street, Brisbane^[1]
Employees	273^[2]
Annual budget	$746,517,000^[2]
Minister responsible	Mark Bailey, Minister for Energy and Water Supply^[3]
Department executive	Paul Simshauser, Director-General^[3]
Website	dews.qld.gov.au

The Department of Energy and Water Supply (DEWS) is a department of the Queensland Government which is responsible for the state's energy and water industries. The department's head office is at 41 George Street in the Brisbane CBD.^[1]

History

The Department of Energy and Water Supply was established on 3 April 2012,^[4] as part of a series of changes to the machinery of government after the LNP's win at the 2012 election.^[5] The department took on some functions of the Department of Environment and Resource Management and the Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation, which were both dissolved.^[6]

1 2 "Contact us". Department of Energy and Water Supply. Queensland Government. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
1 2 "State Budget 2013-2014 - Service Delivery Statements - Department of Energy and Water Supply" (PDF). Queensland Government. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
1 2 "About us". Department of Energy and Water Supply. Queensland Government. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
↑ "2011-2012 Annual Report - Department of Energy and Water Supply" (PDF). Department of Energy and Water Supply. Queensland Government. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
↑ "QUEENSLAND MACHINERY OF GOVERNMENT CHANGES". Association of Self Insured Employers of Queensland. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
↑ "Machinery of government changes". Together. Retrieved 12 May 2014.

Energy in Queensland

Proposed power stations	Archer Point Coopers Gap Crows Nest Mount Emerald Kennedy Energy Park

Coal	Callide Collinsville Gladstone Kogan Creek Millmerran Stanwell Tarong North Tarong

Gas/kerosene	Barcaldine Braemar Condamine Darling Downs Mackay Mica Creek Mount Stuart Oakey Phosphate Hill Swanbank E

Major Hydro	Barron Gorge Kareeya Somerset Wivenhoe

Minor Hydro	Koombooloomba Tinaroo Wivenhoe Small Hydro

Wind Farms	Thursday Island Windy Hill List of wind farms

Solar Power Stations	Cloncurry Windorah

Companies	Energex Ergon Energy ERM Power QGC Senex Stanwell Corporation Tarong Energy CS Energy AGL Energy Origin Energy Powerlink Queensland Envestra Lumo Energy Click Energy

Regulators	Department of Mines and Energy Queensland Competition Authority Australian Energy Regulator Australian Energy Market Commission

Market Operator	Australian Energy Market Operator

Historical	History of electricity supply in Queensland NEMMCO Swanbank A Power Station Swanbank B Power Station Callide A Power Station Tennyson Bulimba New Farm

List of power stations in Queensland

Government of Queensland

Executive	Monarchy Governor Executive Council Cabinet Premier Deputy Premier Treasurer Attorney-General Police

Legislative	Parliament Legislative Assembly Electoral districts MPs Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Opposition Leader of the House Opposition Leader Leader of Opposition Business

Judicial	Supreme Court District Court Magistrates Court Other courts and tribunals

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