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Securing NSW Future Electricity Supplies

Introduction

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One of the most significant issues facing NSW into the future is how we secure our energy supplies. The Owen Inquiry into electricity found that NSW would need additional baseload generation capacity by 2013-14.

In other words, we have to act now to keep the lights on in NSW. That left the Government with two choices. Spend billions of dollars on new baseload power stations or encourage greater private sector involvement in the electricity market and use those billions of dollars on other infrastructure.

What's New

More news . . .

Independent Rural Communities Impact Statement (RCIS)

The New South Wales Government has contracted GHD Hassall to prepare an independent Rural Communities Impact Statement (RCIS) on its proposals for the energy sector.

The aim of a Rural Communities Impact Statement is to inform Government decision making via the identification and assessment of economic, environmental and social impacts of the proposals on rural communities.

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Unsworth Consultative Reference Committee

The Premier of NSW established the Unsworth Consultative Reference Committee to test the impacts of changes to the State’s electricity industry which the NSW Government announced last year.

Government's Response to the Owen Inquiry

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Premier Morris Iemma announced on December 10 that the Government was responding to the findings of the Owen Inquiry into Electricy Supply in NSW by acting to ensure the State's future energy needs.

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Date Modified:27-Jun-2008

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