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News and insights on energy matters impacting Tasmanian communities, from power costs and infrastructure to renewable energy opportunities.
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 shapes its…
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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 (NEM) shapes…
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Chapter 4: How the NEM Really Works for Tasmania
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…
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Chapter 3: Hydro Tasmania – The Institution That Holds the State Together
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…
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Rebuttal to Opinion Piece from Minister Duigan
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…
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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…
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Hydro Tasmania: What the Numbers Show – A multi‑chapter analysis of operating performance, liquidity, structural risks, and public myths.
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…
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IF THE PREMIER BELIEVES MARINUS WILL DELIVER $470M A YEAR, HE SHOULD PUBLISH MODELLING AND SHOW THE FLOWS
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,…
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Hydro Tasmania Group: A Closer Look at the Numbers
Introduction: Understanding Hydro Tasmania Recent headlines focused on Hydro Tasmania Group’s profit for 2024/25, which plummeted to just $7.5 million – a huge drop from the previous year. But that…
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Beyond the Headlines: TasNetworks’ Deeper Financial Crisis
This update reflects on the financial position of TasNetworks and future challenges the company faces in the energy transition. [...]Read More... from Beyond the Headlines: TasNetworks’ Deeper Financial Crisis
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Hydro Tasmania’s Hidden Crisis
This update considers Hydro Tasmania's 2024/25 Annual Report - what did it tell us? [...]Read More... from Hydro Tasmania’s Hidden Crisis
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MARINUS Stage 1 WHOLE-OF-STATE BUSINESS CASE (WoSBC) – Number 6 – Marinus and the History of Hydro in Tasmania
This latest update provides detail on the history of Hydro electricity in Tasmania and what this history tells about the future with the inclusion of Marinus. [...]Read More... from MARINUS…
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- State Policies and Projects (Macquarie Point Precinct) Order 2025
- Parliament Misses Opportunity to Strengthen Budget Oversight as Fiscal Crisis Deepens
- Why I decided to accept the position of Treasurer if Tasmania has a Labor Minority government
- If you want to get to SurplusTown, would you start from here?
- Productivity – what are we actually measuring?
- Hydro Tasmania: What the Numbers Show – A multi-chapter analysis of operating performance, liquidity, structural risks, and public myths.
- Chapter 18: Conclusion – A Century of Hydro, and the Next One
- Chapter 17: The Path Forward
- Chapter 16: The Fiscal Stakes for Tasmania
- Chapter 15 – Governance, Secrecy, and the WoSBC: Tasmania’s Architecture of Unaccountability