Snowy Hydro Headquarters (Cooma, New South Wales)

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Snowy Hydro Limited, previously known as the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority, is a corporation in Australia jointly owned by the Commonwealth (13%), New South Wales (58%) and Victorian (29%) Governments. The head office of the corporation is in Cooma.

The company manages the Snowy Mountains Scheme which generates on average around 4500 gigawatt hours of renewable energy each year, which is around 74% of all renewable energy in the National Electricity Market in 2005. The scheme also diverts water for irrigation from the Snowy River Catchment west to the Murray and Murrumbidgee River systems.
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Coordinates:   36°13'16"S   149°7'55"E
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