Energy
News and insights on energy matters impacting Tasmanian communities, from power costs and infrastructure to renewable energy opportunities.
Chapter 9: FCAS – Useful, Modest, and Now Mostly Contractual
This is the last of the foundation Chapters describing a little discussed but nevertheless important part of the NEM system – the role of Frequency Control Ancillary Services to Hydro…
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Chapter 8: REGOs -The New Certificate Scheme, and the Physical Reality That Limits Their Worth
This eighth post provides information on the new Renewable Electricity Guarantee of Origin (REGO) scheme and what is means for Hydro Tasmania. This is a quite complex (some may say…
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Chapter 7: PPAs -The Trojan Horse That Reshaped Tasmania’s Energy System
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…
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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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