Person
Bates, George William (1932 - 1995)
- Born
- 23 July 1932
Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 13 May 1995
Morwell, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Electrical engineer and Mechanical engineer
Summary
George Bates, DipEE DipME FIEAust, was an electrical and mechanical engineer who rose through the ranks of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), from a cadet engineer in the Latrobe Valley in 1951, to senior positions in engineering, administration and executive management, becoming the most senior executive in the organisation when he retired in 1993.
He was responsible for the resettlement of the Yallourn Township; he introduced project management to the SECV; and was the project manager of the first stage of the Loy Yang project. In his latter years, he presided over the major restructuring of the SECV, and its breakup under the Electricity Industry Act 1993, into three discrete units - Generation Victoria (GV), National Electricity (NE), and Electricity Services Victoria (ESV) - and subsequent corporatisation.
He took a leading role in the formation of the National Electricity Grid Management Council and following his retirement was appointed chairman of Power Net Victoria and director of Victoria Power Exchange.
Details
Chronology
- 1951
- Education - Diploma Electrical Engineering (DipEE), Yallourn Technical College
- 1951
- Career event - Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1951
- Career position - Cadet engineer, State Electricity Commission of Victoria
- 1955
- Career event - Graduate Member (GradIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1955
- Education - Diploma in Mechanical Engineering (DipME), Yallourn Technical College
- 1958
- Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1968
- Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Associate Members were designated Members on this date.]
- 1972
- Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- c. 1979 - 1983
- Career position - Chairman, Yallourn Resettlement Committee
- c. 1980 - 1984
- Career position - Project manager, Loy Yang Power Station construction
- 1982
- Career position - Member, Committee of Management, Latrobe Valley Hospital
- 1993
- Life event - Retired
- 1994 - 1995
- Career event - Chairman, Power Net Victoria
- 1994 - 1995
- Career event - Director, Victoria Power Exchange
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Published resources
Journal Articles
- Trethowan, Charles, 'Obituary : George Bates [People]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 67 (1995), 53. Details
Ken McInnes
Created: 1 June 2023, Last modified: 6 June 2023