❓ Mr Masters requests information on power station costs and emissions. The Minister provides emissions data for Western Power but declines to disclose cost information due to commercial sensitivity and clarifies data limitations due to ring-fencing.
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(b)(c)&(d) The attached table provides the generating station names, locations, fuel types and estimates of the kilotonnes of carbon dioxide emitted in association with Western Power operations in the financial year July 1999 to June 2000. Note: Due to "ring-fencing" arrangements, Generation does not have access to data from non-Western Power generating plant even if it is connected to the network. The relevant companies will have to be approached for that information.
Note: Due to "ring-fencing" arrangements, Generation does not have access to data from non-Western Power generating plant even if it is connected to the network. The relevant companies will have to be approached for that information.
Note: Due to "ring-fencing" arrangements, Generation does not have access to data from non-Western Power generating plant even if it is connected to the network. The relevant companies will have to be approached for that information.
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Answered
26 June 2001
Responded by
Minister for Energy
Response time
54 days
(a) In a competitive environment, the requested information on the average cost of electricity produced by each power station is commercially sensitive and regrettably, cannot be disclosed.
(b)(c)&(d) The attached table provides the generating station names, locations, fuel types and estimates of the kilotonnes of carbon dioxide emitted in association with Western Power operations in the financial year July 1999 to June 2000.
Note: Due to "ring-fencing" arrangements, Generation does not have access to data from non-Western Power generating plant even if it is connected to the network. The relevant companies will have to be approached for that information.
(b)(c)&(d) The attached table provides the generating station names, locations, fuel types and estimates of the kilotonnes of carbon dioxide emitted in association with Western Power operations in the financial year July 1999 to June 2000.
Note: Due to "ring-fencing" arrangements, Generation does not have access to data from non-Western Power generating plant even if it is connected to the network. The relevant companies will have to be approached for that information.
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