Sydney County Council
| SCC | |
| County Council overview | |
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| Formed | 17 August 1935 |
| Preceding County Council |
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| Dissolved | 2 January 1990, taken over by NSW government |
| Superseding County Council |
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| Jurisdiction | Greater Metropolitan Sydney |
| Headquarters | Queen Victoria Building (1935–1968) Sydney County Council Building, 570 George Street, Sydney (1968–1990) |
The Sydney County Council (SCC) was a county council established in 1935 to produce electricity and operate the electricity network in a number of municipalities in metropolitan Sydney.
SCC was established by the Gas and Electricity Act 1935 but, despite this and special legislative provisions which applied to it, SCC operated as a county council under the Local Government Act 1919. On SCC's establishment, it assumed control of the Electricity Department of the Sydney City Council, which was already supplying electricity to other municipalities. In 1952, the SCC lost most its electricity generation functions to the Electricity Commission of New South Wales (established 1950) and retained only its distribution functions. In 1990, SCC and other county councils were taken over by the NSW government and SCC was succeeded by Sydney Electricity, a state-owned statutory corporation.