Households and businesses face more expensive and less reliable energy due to Labor\u2019s inaction and mismanagement of our state\u2019s energy transitions.
Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change James Griffin said today\u2019s Electricity Statement of Opportunities report from AEMO reinforces what is at stake if the Minns Labor Government doesn\u2019t urgently get the Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap back on track.
Mr Griffin also said that the Government\u2019s shambolic handling of the Eraring power station extension is undermining confidence and slowing investment in the Roadmap.
\u201cOver a year ago Chris Minns\u2019 Government called for a review of the Roadmap, and has been missing in action ever since. They haven\u2019t finalised the energy planning guidelines, and as a result the energy industry and communities have been left in limbo,\u201d Mr Griffin said.
\u201cIn addition, the Government\u2019s own report warned that extending aging coal power stations risked private sector investment in renewable energy sources. This is a Government that announces reviews and then either ignores the findings or forgets that they even exist.\u201d
\u201cThis Government has only itself to blame when it comes to energy reliability. Chris Minns needs to take responsibility for his Government\u2019s failed energy policy and take urgent action to restore confidence, ensure the construction of transmission infrastructure and new sources of energy generation.\u201d
\u201cHow much longer will industry and communities have to wait for the energy planning guidelines. These guidelines are meant to ensure communities benefit from renewable energy development and have more transparency and clarity about where and how development occurs. That\u2019s what I am calling on the Government to urgently deliver.\u201d
The NSW Opposition also called for the Minns Labor Government to urgently clarify the role of their state-owned energy corporation.
\u201cIn last year\u2019s Budget the Government allocated $1 billion towards their back-of-the-envelope state-owned energy corporation. But we are still in the dark as to how it will function, the role it will play in delivering affordable, reliable and clean energy and how it will drive down household power bills,\u201d Mr Griffin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere are serious questions to be asked about how committed this government is to implementing the NSW Energy Roadmap and providing clean, cheap, reliable energy to NSW citizens, enough blaming everyone else, just get on with doing your job.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Households and businesses face more expensive and less reliable energy due to Labor\u2019s inaction and mismanagement of our state\u2019s energy transitions. Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change James Griffin said today\u2019s Electricity Statement of Opportunities report from AEMO reinforces what is at stake if the Minns Labor Government doesn\u2019t urgently get the Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap … Continue reading “Minns Government Leaving Energy Sector In The Dark”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26763"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26764,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26763\/revisions\/26764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}