❓ Hon Dr Steve Thomas questions the Minister for Water regarding the Southern Seawater Desalination Plant's compliance with renewable energy sourcing requirements, specifically condition 11-1. The answer provides a breakdown of the percentage of power purchased from renewable sources for each financial year from 2017-18 to 2022-23.
AnsweredQoN 379Legislative Council
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SOUTHERN SEAWATER DESALINATION PLANT
379. Hon Dr STEVE THOMAS to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Water:
I refer to the Southern Seawater
Desalination Plant: Compliance assessment report 14 April 2022 – 13
April 2023 , detailing the SSDP's non-conformance and noncompliance with
condition 11-1, which states that the SSDP —
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shall ensure that all electricity used by the plant is purchased from renewable
sources, and the associated Renewable Energy Certificates are
surrendered.
For each of the financial years 2017–18
to 2022–23 inclusive, what percentage of power purchased by SSDP for
plant operation was purchased from renewable resources?
379. Hon Dr STEVE THOMAS to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Water:
I refer to the Southern Seawater
Desalination Plant: Compliance assessment report 14 April 2022 – 13
April 2023 , detailing the SSDP's non-conformance and noncompliance with
condition 11-1, which states that the SSDP —
�
shall ensure that all electricity used by the plant is purchased from renewable
sources, and the associated Renewable Energy Certificates are
surrendered.
For each of the financial years 2017–18
to 2022–23 inclusive, what percentage of power purchased by SSDP for
plant operation was purchased from renewable resources?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question and provide the following answer on behalf of the parliamentary
secretary representing the Minister for Water. The answer is in tabular format,
so I seek leave to have it incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
Financial
Year
Percentage
purchased from Renewable Energy sources
2017–18
47%
2018–19
105%
2019–20
52%
2020–21
45%
2021–22
67%
2022–23
98%
some notice of the question and provide the following answer on behalf of the parliamentary
secretary representing the Minister for Water. The answer is in tabular format,
so I seek leave to have it incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
Financial
Year
Percentage
purchased from Renewable Energy sources
2017–18
47%
2018–19
105%
2019–20
52%
2020–21
45%
2021–22
67%
2022–23
98%
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