Opinion
Ruth’s opinion pieces and editorials on political, economic, and social issues facing Tasmania.
Chapter 11: Hydro Tasmania – The Balance Sheet – What Hydro Really Owns and Owes
This is the eleventh post is the second of four related to the financial position of Hydro Tasmania with a focus on the balance sheet. All eighteen chapters are related…
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Chapter 10: Hydro Tasmania’s Underlying Profit – What It Is, What It Isn’t, and Why It Matters
This post begins a series related to the financial position of Hydro Tasmania with a focus in this post on its underlying profit. This series of 18 chapters outlines how…
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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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- Chapter 11: Hydro Tasmania – The Balance Sheet – What Hydro Really Owns and Owes
- Chapter 10: Hydro Tasmania’s Underlying Profit – What It Is, What It Isn’t, and Why It Matters
- Chapter 9: FCAS – Useful, Modest, and Now Mostly Contractual
- Chapter 8: REGOs -The New Certificate Scheme, and the Physical Reality That Limits Their Worth
- Chapter 7: PPAs -The Trojan Horse That Reshaped Tasmania’s Energy System
- Chapter 6: LGCs – The $142 Million Problem Hidden in Plain Sight