❓ Mr. Love questions the Minister for Energy on ensuring reliable energy supplies for the Midwest. The Minister details investments, a whole-of-system plan, and hydrogen industry initiatives, while criticizing the opposition's past energy policies.
AnsweredQoN 44Legislative Assembly
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MUNGARRA GAS TURBINES
44. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Minister for Energy:
My
supplementary question is really a reiteration of the question that the minister
did not answer, which is: what is the minister doing to ensure reliable
energy supplies for communities across the midwest?
44. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Minister for Energy:
My
supplementary question is really a reiteration of the question that the minister
did not answer, which is: what is the minister doing to ensure reliable
energy supplies for communities across the midwest?
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We are spending tens of millions of
dollars on keeping the system functioning. We have a whole-of-system plan that
shows how we can manage the existing assets so that they can be used more
effectively. One of the great things that the minister for the hydrogen economy
is doing is encouraging the hydrogen industry in Geraldton and its surrounds,
because that will allow the redirection of the flow on the northern link so
that instead of the energy coming from the north to the south, it will go from
the south to the north.
Mr R.S. Love : Only as far as
Three Springs.
Mr W.J. JOHNSTON : No; the member misunderstands.
Instead of flowing down south, if the energy demand that is currently being
supplied by those wind turbines around Geraldton were used in the north
country, that would free up the connection that is currently used to bring the
energy from the south to take the energy north. We do not need to increase the
capacity if we change the direction of the flow. These are all things that the
Labor government is doing to deliver high reliability and better outcomes. I will
tell the member what—I was going to make this announcement later on—I
am arranging a briefing from the Australian Energy Market Operator, Western
Power and Energy Policy WA for every member of this chamber and the other
chamber because we cannot again allow a political party that is trying to get
into government to come up with a stupid policy like the member's
colleagues in the Liberal Party did. That policy was so dangerous to the future
energy supply in Western Australia that it was a risk to the very functioning
of the electricity system. We cannot ever again allow members to be so ill
informed about energy policy such as was
demonstrated by the Liberal Party, because that is dangerous for every single
citizen in the state. I hope the member joins us when we hold that
briefing.
The SPEAKER : The member for
Darling Range, with his first question in this house.
dollars on keeping the system functioning. We have a whole-of-system plan that
shows how we can manage the existing assets so that they can be used more
effectively. One of the great things that the minister for the hydrogen economy
is doing is encouraging the hydrogen industry in Geraldton and its surrounds,
because that will allow the redirection of the flow on the northern link so
that instead of the energy coming from the north to the south, it will go from
the south to the north.
Mr R.S. Love : Only as far as
Three Springs.
Mr W.J. JOHNSTON : No; the member misunderstands.
Instead of flowing down south, if the energy demand that is currently being
supplied by those wind turbines around Geraldton were used in the north
country, that would free up the connection that is currently used to bring the
energy from the south to take the energy north. We do not need to increase the
capacity if we change the direction of the flow. These are all things that the
Labor government is doing to deliver high reliability and better outcomes. I will
tell the member what—I was going to make this announcement later on—I
am arranging a briefing from the Australian Energy Market Operator, Western
Power and Energy Policy WA for every member of this chamber and the other
chamber because we cannot again allow a political party that is trying to get
into government to come up with a stupid policy like the member's
colleagues in the Liberal Party did. That policy was so dangerous to the future
energy supply in Western Australia that it was a risk to the very functioning
of the electricity system. We cannot ever again allow members to be so ill
informed about energy policy such as was
demonstrated by the Liberal Party, because that is dangerous for every single
citizen in the state. I hope the member joins us when we hold that
briefing.
The SPEAKER : The member for
Darling Range, with his first question in this house.
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