❓ Dr. Honey questions the Minister for Energy regarding conflicting information from the Minister and AEMO about the reliability of the South West Interconnected System. The Minister defends the government's actions, citing AEMO's support and the lack of outages.
AnsweredQoN 869Legislative Assembly
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SOUTH WEST INTERCONNECTED SYSTEM
869. Dr D.J. HONEY to the Minister for Energy:
I have a supplementary question.
Who is telling the truth about our system reliability? Is it the minister or
AEMO?
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
869. Dr D.J. HONEY to the Minister for Energy:
I have a supplementary question.
Who is telling the truth about our system reliability? Is it the minister or
AEMO?
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
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This
is how ridiculous it is. I have just quoted the Australian Energy Market
Operator congratulating the government for making the changes that are
necessary to run the system and then the member asks me who is telling the
truth. I know we are going to have a private members' business debate
and it will be excruciating. We will have an hour from the member for Cottesloe
pointing out that he does not know anything about the energy system, we will
have an hour from other members talking about individual outages for individual
householders and then I will have to respond. What does the member want me to
do? What I do is work hard listening to people in the sector, the people who
know what they are doing and who are investing billions of dollars. I talk to
the Australian Energy Market Operator, I get
advice from 120 high-quality public servants at Energy Policy WA and I listen
to the leadership from Western Power and Synergy. Following all that, we
synthesise a plan, we get it tested by market participants and then we
implement it. That is why the Australian Energy Market Operator continues to
say in this report that the government is
doing exactly what we need to keep the system reliable. The fact that there has
not been a single outage at any time over the last seven years
demonstrates the good work that we are doing.
is how ridiculous it is. I have just quoted the Australian Energy Market
Operator congratulating the government for making the changes that are
necessary to run the system and then the member asks me who is telling the
truth. I know we are going to have a private members' business debate
and it will be excruciating. We will have an hour from the member for Cottesloe
pointing out that he does not know anything about the energy system, we will
have an hour from other members talking about individual outages for individual
householders and then I will have to respond. What does the member want me to
do? What I do is work hard listening to people in the sector, the people who
know what they are doing and who are investing billions of dollars. I talk to
the Australian Energy Market Operator, I get
advice from 120 high-quality public servants at Energy Policy WA and I listen
to the leadership from Western Power and Synergy. Following all that, we
synthesise a plan, we get it tested by market participants and then we
implement it. That is why the Australian Energy Market Operator continues to
say in this report that the government is
doing exactly what we need to keep the system reliable. The fact that there has
not been a single outage at any time over the last seven years
demonstrates the good work that we are doing.
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