Hydro’s Losses Cost Taxpayer Dearly
Tasmania’s energy crisis gave Matthew Groom the chance to show leadership and guide Tasmanians through a very difficult time.
Tasmania’s energy crisis gave Matthew Groom the chance to show leadership and guide Tasmanians through a very difficult time.
There's a real risk Basslink may go into liquidation, and the costs of the energy crisis to Tasmanians becomes even more unknown.
Matthew Groom implied further investment in renewable energy projects can't happen without a second Basslink interconnector.
Ray Mostogl of Bell Bay Aluminium, a major employer in the state, called the Liberal’s fascination with a second cable a “concerning distraction”.
Goanna Energy's submission to the Tasmanian Energy Security Taskforce is an indictment on Energy Minister, Matthew Groom.
Hydro Tasmania will struggle to maintain our state’s hydro-electricity network under its existing maintenance budget over the next decade.
The news Hydro Tasmania is unable to keep up with their maintenance schedule is an indictment on the Hodgman Government.
Throughout the Energy Crisis, Minister Groom showed a complete lack of leadership, and we still don’t know the full cost of the energy crisis to the State.
The record winter floods took the lives of three Tasmanians. It destroyed homes, paddocks, fences and roads and had a devastating impact on rural communities.
Minister Groom's response to Mr Mostogl's criticism of both the Minister's performance and Hydro's was to accuse him of acting out of corporate self-interest.