Energy
News and insights on energy matters impacting Tasmanian communities, from power costs and infrastructure to renewable energy opportunities.
Question on Notice – Payment in Lieu of Rates Scheme
Legislative Council, Thursday 20 August 2026 Ms FORREST question to MINISTER for ENERGY and RENEWABLES, Mr DUIGAN With regard to the Payment in Lieu of Rates (PiLoR) scheme for renewable energy…
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Question on Notice – Hydro Generating Assets
Legislative Council, Thursday 20 August 2026 Ms FORREST question to MINISTER for ENERGY and RENEWABLES, Mr DUIGAN [...]Read More... from Question on Notice – Hydro Generating Assets
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Question on Notice – Entura
Legislative Council, Thursday 20 August 2026 Ms FORREST question to MINISTER for ENERGY and RENEWABLES, Mr DUIGAN [...]Read More... from Question on Notice – Entura
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Question on Notice – Payment in Lieu of Rates (PiLoR) scheme
Legislative Council, Tuesday 11 August 2026 Ms FORREST question to the LEADER for the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Ms RATTRAY Answers: The current methodology is not a bespoke valuation…
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QON – Hydro Tasmania Dividend
Legislative Council, Tuesday 11 August 2026 Ms FORREST question to the LEADER for the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Ms RATTRAY Question: Answer: [...]Read More... from QON – Hydro Tasmania…
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We’ve built our identity as a powerhouse of renewable energy, but we can’t see the same resource twice
For a small state, Tasmania spends a remarkable amount of energy telling itself what it is about to become: a renewable energy superpower and battery of the nation, a premium…
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1 July 2026: Basslink Regulation Day – and What It Really Means
Today marks an historic threshold in Tasmania’s energy story. From 1 July 2026, Basslink – for two decades an unregulated private interconnector – becomes a fully regulated transmission asset controlled…
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Marinus: From Export Dream to Import Reality
The Minister’s recent Talking Point (The Mercury 29th June) and attached as a screen shot below, attempts to recast Project Marinus as a source of “flexibility”, “resilience” and “capability”. These…
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Tasmanian Budget is built on a ‘miraculous’ Hydro Tasmania profit surge
The Truth behind Tasmania’s Budget. For years Treasury has warned that Tasmania is heading toward a fiscal abyss and that only a balanced mix of restraint, revenue measures and structural…
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QON –
Legislative Council, Wednesday 27 May 2026 Ms FORREST question to MINISTER for ENERGY and RENEWABLES, Mr DUIGAN ANSWER: The most appropriate source of advice on the detail of the National…
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My Response to Minister Duigan’s opinion piece in The Mercury 29 April 2026
The Record Speaks for Itself: A Response to Minister Duigan Minister Duigan has again used the Mercury’s opinion pages to characterise my comments and critique of Marinus Link as misinformation.…
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Correspondence from Hydro Tasmania
A response to a series of questions I asked earlier this year has been provided by Hydro Tasmania CEO, Rachel Watson. You can read the response here: [...]Read More... from…
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