Author: Ruth Forrest

This seventh post provides detail about how Hydro Tasmania’s Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) impact on their financial performance. There are 18 Chapters in total. I will continue posting a new post daily, or thereabouts, related to how Hydro Tasmania actually earns money, how the National Electricity Market (NEM) shapes its fortunes, and why the numbers […]

Read More… from Chapter 7: PPAs -The Trojan Horse That Reshaped Tasmania’s Energy System

Over the next three weeks, I will continue posting a new post daily, or thereabouts, related to how Hydro Tasmania actually earns money, how the National Electricity Market shapes its fortunes, and why the numbers in its accounts now matter more than at any time in the past two decades. It also seeks to dismantle […]

Read More… from Chapter 6: LGCs – The $142 Million Problem Hidden in Plain Sight

Over the next three weeks, I will continue posting a new post daily, or thereabouts, related to how Hydro Tasmania actually earns money, how the National Electricity Market (NEM) shapes its fortunes, and why the numbers in its accounts now matter more than at any time in the past two decades. It also seeks to […]

Read More… from Chapter 5: Inter-Regional Revenues/Residuals (IRRs) Explained

Over the next three weeks, I will continue posting a new post daily, or thereabouts, related to how Hydro Tasmania actually earns money, how the National Electricity Market shapes its fortunes, and why the numbers in its accounts now matter more than at any time in the past two decades. It also seeks to dismantle […]

Read More… from Chapter 4: How the NEM Really Works for Tasmania

Tasmanians Deserve Straight Answers on Marinus – Not Marketing This piece is a rebuttal to the opinion piece published in the Mercury Newspaper today from Minister for Energy, Hon Nick Duigan MP. You can read it there or in the picture attached to this post. The following is my response to his comments. Tasmania’s energy […]

Read More… from Rebuttal to Opinion Piece from Minister Duigan

Over the next three weeks, I will be posting a new post daily, or thereabouts, related to how Hydro Tasmania actually earns money, how the National Electricity Market shapes its fortunes, and why the numbers in its accounts now matter more than at any time in the past two decades. It also seeks to dismantle […]

Read More… from Chapter 2 – Electricity and the NEM – The Basics Tasmania Was Never Told

Over the next three weeks, I will be posting a new post daily, or thereabouts, related to how Hydro Tasmania actually earns money, how the National Electricity Market shapes its fortunes, and why the numbers in its accounts now matter more than at any time in the past two decades. It also seeks to dismantle […]

Read More… from Hydro Tasmania: What the Numbers Show – A multi‑chapter analysis of operating performance, liquidity, structural risks, and public myths.

THE STATE GOVERNMENT’S NARRATIVE ON MARINUS LINK IS DRIFTING FURTHER FROM ECONOMIC REALITY Premier Jeremy Rockliff’s New Year message celebrates Tasmania’s economic strength and the confidence that underpins it. Confidence, he argues, is the backbone of what makes us great. It’s a compelling idea. But confidence is only as strong as the facts that support […]

Read More… from IF THE PREMIER BELIEVES MARINUS WILL DELIVER $470M A YEAR, HE SHOULD PUBLISH MODELLING AND SHOW THE FLOWS