Footnotes

Tasmania's energy crisis

[1]        See, for instance, 'Tasmania power crisis: Avoiding shortages will be costly, experts say', ABC News, 31 March 2016, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-23/tasmanias-energy-crisis-explained/7194234 (accessed 27 April 2016); 'Power in spotlight', The Mercury, 26 April 2016, http://www.themercury.com.au/news/politics/power-in-spotlight/news-story/c4650660fd2ebe99eb5ef031e6c05948 (accessed 27 April 2016); 'Tasmania's energy crisis: Keep calm and carry on', Energy Matters, 25 March 2016, http://www.energymatters.com.au/renewable-news/tasmania-electricity-crisis-em5399/ (accessed 27 April 2016).

[2]        Committee Hansard, 14 April 2016, p. 52.

[3]        TasNetworks Annual Planning Report 2015, http://www.tasnetworks.com.au/TasNetworks/media/pdf/our-network/2015-Annual-Planning-Report.pdf (accessed 27 April 2016), p. 22.

[4]        'Tasmania power crisis: Avoiding shortages will be costly, experts say', ABC News, 31 March 2016, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-23/tasmanias-energy-crisis-explained/7194234 (accessed 27 April 2016).

[5]        Hydro Tasmania, Energy supply situation and response, http://www.hydro.com.au/energy/energy-supply-situation-and-response (accessed 28 April 2016).

[6]        Combined Cycle Gas Turbines produce electricity and capture waste heat from the gas turbine to increase efficiency and electrical output. - See more at: https://powergen.gepower.com/resources/knowledge-base/combined-cycle-power-plant-how-it-works.html; Hydro Tasmania, Energy supply plan update: current as at 11 April 2016, http://www.hydro.com.au/system/files/www.hydro.com.au/News/Energy_Supply_Plan_-_updated_11_April_2016.pdf (accessed 28 April 2016), p. 3.

[7]        Committee Hansard, 14 April 2016, p. 53.

[8]        Mr Greg Zooeff, Tasmanian Minerals and Energy Council, Committee Hansard, 14 April 2016, p. 31; Mr Raymond Mostogl, Tasmanian Minerals and Energy Council, Committee Hansard, 14 April 2016, p. 32.

[9]        The Hon. Bryan Green MP, Leader of the Opposition, Tasmanian Parliament, Committee Hansard, 14 April 2016, pp 45-6.

[10]      Mr Raymond Mostogl, Tasmanian Minerals and Energy Council, Committee Hansard, 14 April 2016, pp 32-3.

[11]      The Hon. Matthew Groom MP, Minister for Energy, Tasmanian Parliament, Committee Hansard, 14 April 2016, p. 52; see also the Minister's Statement announcing the Taskforce: Matthew Groom, Minister for Energy, Ministerial Statement on Energy Security, 8 March 2016, http://www.premier.tas.gov.au/releases/ministerial_statement_on_energy_security (accessed 28 April 2016).

[12]      The Hon. Matthew Groom MP, Minister for Energy, Tasmanian Parliament, Committee Hansard, 14 April 2016, pp 61-2.

[13]      Mr Jack Gilding, Executive Officer of the Tasmanian Renewable Energy Alliance, Committee Hansard, 14 April 2016, p. 9.

[14]      Dr Vicki Gardiner, General Manager, Tasmania, Engineers Australia, Committee Hansard, 14 April 2016, p. 65.

[15]      Professor Michael Negnevitsky, Committee Hansard, 14 April 2016, p. 67.

[16]      The Hon Bryan Green MP, Leader of the Opposition, Tasmanian Parliament, Committee Hansard, 14 April 2016, p. 45.

[17]      Professor Michael Negnevitsky, Committee Hansard, 14 April 2016, p. 68.

[18]      Tasmanian House of Assembly, Proof Hansard, 5 April 2016, 10:46 am, p. 14.