The NSW Liberals and Nationals today slammed Labor\u2019s chaotic renewable energy rollout, after the Australian Energy Infrastructure Commissioner raised serious concerns about the impact of the rapid rollout of large-scale renewable energy projects.\u00a0
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In a letter to the Minister, the Australian Energy Infrastructure Commissioner Tony Mahar warned the Minister the current approach was: \u00a0
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\u201c\u2026both failing to capture the significant cumulative impacts affecting regional communities and to ensure a coordinated approach which would minimise impacts.\u201d\u00a0
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NSW Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane said it was concerning to see that Mr Mahar had to raise these issues again despite repeated conversations.\u00a0
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\u201cThis is a damning review of the Minns Labor Government\u2019s bungled renewable energy rollout which is leaving regional communities worse off,\u201d Ms Sloane said.\u00a0
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\u201cThe communities being asked to host this infrastructure in their backyards have been ignored, rushed, and left to navigate an unbalanced system.\u201d\u00a0
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“NSW needs a renewable energy transition that properly considers communities and inspires investor confidence. We cannot cut corners.\u201d\u00a0
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Shadow Energy Minister James Griffin said it was also troubling that the Commissioner said concerns had increased over time. \u00a0
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\u201cThe Minns Labor Government needs to answer the questions that the Commissioner has asked and make those answers public,\u201d Mr Griffin said.\u00a0
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\u201cEvery time this government cuts corners on consultation or ignores issues like the ones raised by the Commissioner, it drives up energy project risk and drives down investor confidence.\u201d\u00a0
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\u201cWill this government dismiss the Commissioner\u2019s concerns? Or are they willing to listen. When a federal watchdog is warning that communities cannot see the full picture of projects coming their way, it proves that Labor\u2019s approach is not coordinated, not transparent and not sustainable.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The NSW Liberals and Nationals today slammed Labor\u2019s chaotic renewable energy rollout, after the Australian Energy Infrastructure Commissioner raised serious concerns about the impact of the rapid rollout of large-scale renewable energy projects.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In a letter to the Minister, the Australian Energy Infrastructure Commissioner Tony Mahar warned the Minister the current approach was: \u00a0\u00a0\u201c\u2026both failing to … Continue reading “Renewable rollout bungled and communities left behind”<\/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-38993","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\/38993","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=38993"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38994,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38993\/revisions\/38994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}