Editing Canberra (section)

===Utilities===
[[File:Mount Majura Solar Farm August 2024.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Mount Majura Solar Farm]] has a rated output of 2.3 megawatts and was opened on 6 October 2016.<ref name="Solar Choice">{{cite web |url=http://www.solarchoice.net.au/blog/news/mount-majura-solar-farm-switches-on-101016 |title=Mount Majura Solar Farm powers up in ACT |publisher=Solar Choice |date=11 October 2016 |access-date=6 January 2016 |archive-date=18 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018143129/http://www.solarchoice.net.au/blog/news/mount-majura-solar-farm-switches-on-101016 |url-status=live}}</ref>]]

The government-owned [[Icon Water]] manages Canberra's water and sewerage infrastructure.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.actew.com.au/About/Who-are-we/What-we-do.aspx |title=What we do |publisher=[[Icon Water|ACTEW]] |access-date=22 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403000353/http://www.actew.com.au/About/Who-are-we/What-we-do.aspx |archive-date=3 April 2015}}</ref> [[ActewAGL]] is a joint venture between ACTEW and [[Australian Gas Light Company|AGL]], and is the retail provider of Canberra's utility services including water, natural gas, electricity, and also some telecommunications services via a subsidiary [[TransACT]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.actewagl.com.au/About-us/Who-is-ActewAGL.aspx |title=About our business |publisher=[[ActewAGL]] |access-date=25 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125215038/http://www.actewagl.com.au/About-us/Who-is-ActewAGL.aspx |archive-date=25 January 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Canberra's water is stored in four reservoirs, the Corin, Bendora and Cotter dams on the [[Cotter River]] and the Googong Dam on the Queanbeyan River. Although the Googong Dam is located in New South Wales, it is managed by the ACT government.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.actew.com.au/Water-Supply-System/The-water-network.aspx |publisher=[[ActewAGL]] |title=The Water Network |access-date=22 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328102934/http://www.actew.com.au/Water-Supply-System/The-water-network.aspx |archive-date=28 March 2015}}</ref> Icon Water owns Canberra's two wastewater treatment plants, located at [[Fyshwick]] and on the lower reaches of the [[Molonglo River]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.actew.com.au/Sewerage-System/What-is-sewage/Sewage-Treatment-Plants/Fyshwick-Sewage-Treament-Plant.aspx |title=Fyshwick Sewage Treatment Plant |publisher=[[ActewAGL]] |access-date=22 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150312003432/http://www.actew.com.au/Sewerage-System/What-is-sewage/Sewage-Treatment-Plants/Fyshwick-Sewage-Treament-Plant.aspx |archive-date=12 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.actew.com.au/Sewerage-System/What-is-sewage/Sewage-Treatment-Plants/Lower-Molonglo-Water-Quality-Control-Centre.aspx |title=Lower Molonglo Water Quality Control Centre |publisher=ActewAGL |access-date=22 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150312003423/http://www.actew.com.au/Sewerage-System/What-is-sewage/Sewage-Treatment-Plants/Lower-Molonglo-Water-Quality-Control-Centre.aspx |archive-date=12 March 2015}}</ref>

[[Energy in the Australian Capital Territory|Electricity for Canberra]] mainly comes from the national power grid through substations at [[Holt, Australian Capital Territory|Holt]] and [[Fyshwick]] (via [[Queanbeyan]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.icrc.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/16792/issuespaperelecinfcontestabilityoctober03.pdf |archive-date=20 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420202136/http://www.icrc.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/16792/issuespaperelecinfcontestabilityoctober03.pdf |title=Review of Contestable Electricity Infrastructure Workshop |page=13 |date=October 2003 |access-date=10 May 2010 |author=Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission}}</ref> Power was first supplied from the [[Kingston Powerhouse]] near the Molonglo River, a thermal plant built in 1913, but this was finally closed in 1957.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=14 March 1913 |page=5 |title=The Founding of Canberra |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15404837 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140218035413/http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/15404837 |archive-date=18 February 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://client14.matrix01.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/148426/473.pdf |title=20048. Kingston Powerhouse Historic Precinct (Entry to the ACT Heritage Register) |publisher=ACT Heritage Council |access-date=11 October 2014 |archive-date=29 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029194648/http://client14.matrix01.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/148426/473.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> The ACT has four solar farms, which were opened between 2014 and 2017: [[Royalla Solar Farm|Royalla]] (rated output of 20 megawatts, 2014),<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/open_government/inform/act_government_media_releases/corbell/2014/australias-largest-solar-farm-opens-in-the-act |title=Australia's largest solar farm opens in the ACT |publisher=[[ACT Government]] |date=3 September 2014 |access-date=11 October 2014 |archive-date=19 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019062424/http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/open_government/inform/act_government_media_releases/corbell/2014/australias-largest-solar-farm-opens-in-the-act |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Mount Majura Solar Farm|Mount Majura]] (2.3 MW, 2016),<ref name="Solar Choice"/> [[Mugga Lane Solar Park|Mugga Lane]] (13 MW, 2017)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/mugga-lane-solar-farm-opens-bringing-act-to-35-per-cent-renewable-energy-20170302-gup673.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302110650/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/mugga-lane-solar-farm-opens-bringing-act-to-35-per-cent-renewable-energy-20170302-gup673.html |archive-date=2 March 2017 |url-status=live |title=Mugga Lane solar farm opens, bringing ACT to 35 per cent renewable energy |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=2 March 2017 |access-date=1 December 2017}}</ref> and [[Williamsdale Solar Farm|Williamsdale]] (11 MW, 2017).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/government-unveils-36000-new-solar-panels-at-williamsdale-20171004-gyu8z8.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171129172410/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/government-unveils-36000-new-solar-panels-at-williamsdale-20171004-gyu8z8.html |archive-date=29 November 2017 |url-status=live |title=Government unveils 36,000 new solar panels at Williamsdale |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=5 October 2017 |access-date=1 December 2017}}</ref> In addition, numerous houses in Canberra have photovoltaic panels or solar hot water systems. In 2015 and 2016, rooftop solar systems supported by the ACT government's feed-in tariff had a capacity of 26.3 megawatts, producing 34,910 MWh. In the same year, retailer-supported schemes had a capacity of 25.2 megawatts and exported 28,815 MWh to the grid (power consumed locally was not recorded).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.environment.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/1021129/2016-15-Annual-FiT-Report-Access.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309143807/https://www.environment.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/1021129/2016-15-Annual-FiT-Report-Access.pdf |archive-date=9 March 2017 |url-status=live |title=2015–16 Annual Feed-in Tariff Report |page=7 |publisher=ACT Government |access-date=8 December 2017}}</ref>

There are no wind-power generators in Canberra, but several have been built or are being built or planned in nearby New South Wales, such as the 140.7 megawatt [[Capital Wind Farm]]. The ACT government announced in 2013 that it was raising the target for electricity consumed in the ACT to be supplied from renewable sources to 90% by 2020,<ref name=renewable>{{cite press release |url=http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/open_government/inform/act_government_media_releases/corbell/2013/act-sets-90-renewable-energy-target-in-law7 |title=ACT sets 90% renewable energy target in law |publisher=[[ACT Government]] |date=4 November 2013 |access-date=25 February 2014 |archive-date=2 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302195422/http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/open_government/inform/act_government_media_releases/corbell/2013/act-sets-90-renewable-energy-target-in-law7 |url-status=live}}</ref> raising the target from 210 to 550 megawatts.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/open_government/inform/act_government_media_releases/corbell/2014/large-scale-feed-in-tariff-law-expanded-to-meet-90-renewables-target |title=Large scale feed-in tariff law expanded to meet 90% renewables target |publisher=[[ACT Government]] |date=27 February 2014 |access-date=7 March 2014 |archive-date=7 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307070716/http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/open_government/inform/act_government_media_releases/corbell/2014/large-scale-feed-in-tariff-law-expanded-to-meet-90-renewables-target |url-status=live}}</ref> It announced in February 2015 that three wind farms in Victoria and South Australia would supply 200 megawatts of capacity; these are expected to be operational by 2017.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/open_government/inform/act_government_media_releases/corbell/2015/wind-auction-result-delivers-renewable-energy-and-economic-benefits-to-the-act |title=Wind auction result delivers renewable energy and economic benefits to the ACT |publisher=[[ACT Government]] |date=6 February 2015 |access-date=10 March 2015 |archive-date=18 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318085524/http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/open_government/inform/act_government_media_releases/corbell/2015/wind-auction-result-delivers-renewable-energy-and-economic-benefits-to-the-act |url-status=live}}</ref> Contracts for the purchase of an additional 200 megawatts of power from two wind farms in South Australia and New South Wales were announced in December 2015 and March 2016.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/open_government/inform/act_government_media_releases/corbell/2015/hornsdale-achieves-new-record-price-in-acts-second-wind-auction |title=Hornsdale achieves new record price in ACT's second wind auction |publisher=[[ACT Government]] |date=21 December 2015 |access-date=4 March 2016 |archive-date=6 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306034832/http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/open_government/inform/act_government_media_releases/corbell/2015/hornsdale-achieves-new-record-price-in-acts-second-wind-auction |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/open_government/inform/act_government_media_releases/corbell/2016/new-wind-farm-set-to-power-more-than-just-canberra-homes |title=New wind farm set to power more than just Canberra homes |publisher=[[ACT Government]] |date=4 March 2016 |access-date=4 March 2016 |archive-date=6 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306033758/http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/open_government/inform/act_government_media_releases/corbell/2016/new-wind-farm-set-to-power-more-than-just-canberra-homes |url-status=live}}</ref> The ACT government announced in 2014 that up to 23 megawatts of feed-in-tariff entitlements would be made available for the establishment of a facility in the ACT or surrounding region for burning household and business waste to produce electricity by 2020.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/open_government/inform/act_government_media_releases/corbell/2014/turning-waste-into-energy |title=Turning waste into energy |publisher=[[ACT Government]] |date=7 March 2014 |access-date=11 March 2014 |archive-date=11 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311092251/http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/open_government/inform/act_government_media_releases/corbell/2014/turning-waste-into-energy |url-status=live}}</ref>

The ACT has the highest rate with internet access at home (94&nbsp;per&nbsp;cent of households in 2014–15).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/8146.02014-15?OpenDocument |title=8146.0 - Household Use of Information Technology, Australia, 2014-15 |publisher=[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]] |date=18 February 2016 |access-date=4 January 2017 |archive-date=4 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104000957/http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/8146.02014-15?OpenDocument |url-status=live}}</ref>