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
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 3: Hydro Tasmania – The Institution That Holds the State Together
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 […]
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 […]
For nearly a century, Hydro Tasmania has been the fiscal workhorse of the state, underwriting services and cushioning budgets when other revenues faltered. That legacy is now under strain. Own‑source revenue has slumped to just 30 per cent of general government expenditure, well below the 37 per cent target set for 2032/33. This gap is […]
Read More… from Hydro Tasmania: From Opportunistic Trader to Defensive Survivor
Legislative Council, Thursday 11 December 2025 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I echo the sentiments from the Leader regarding staff and support. I want to make a couple of particular thank yous, but I do want to start with the Clerks. The Clerks are the fortress of knowledge in all matters procedural and every […]
Legislative Council, Thursday 11 December 2025 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I support this legislation. I thank the member for Hobart for the comments she made and particularly going through quite extensively and I might have some more to add on the matter of the court’s consideration of behaviours immediately before and immediately after […]
Read More… from SENTENCING AMENDMENT (AGGRAVATING FACTORS) BILL 2025
