The State Electricity Commission of Western Australia (known by its acronym SEC) was a government owned and managed Western Australia energy provider. It was established in 1945. It saw the introduction of piped gas into the south west of the state, as well as other infrastructure developments in its time. It was changed in 1975 to the State Energy Commission of Western Australia and then later split into two organisations - AlintaGas and Western Power in January 1995 as part of reforms into the energy industry. Western Power was further reorganized in 2006 into Western Power, Synergy, Alinta, Verve Energy and Horizon Power.