❓ Hon Robin Chapple questions the Minister for Energy regarding Synergy and Horizon Power's plans to increase renewable energy generation to meet the federal 20% target. The Minister responds that Synergy is expected to meet its obligations and is running an expression-of-interest process.
AnsweredQoN 1427Legislative Council
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SOUTH WEST
INTERCONNECTED SYSTEM — RENEWABLE ENERGY
1427. Hon ROBIN CHAPPLE to the
Leader of the House representing the Minister for Energy:
I refer to question
without notice 1242, asked in the Legislative Council on 22 October 2015 of the
Leader of the House representing the Minister for Energy. Given that in the last
year the state has generated only 9.3 per cent of its energy needs from
renewable capacity, and that the state government owns much of Western Australia's
generation assets through Synergy and Horizon Power, I ask —
(1) Are there plans for Synergy and Horizon
Power to increase their renewable generation capacity to meet the 20 per cent
target set by the federal government?
(2) If no to (1),
why not?
(3) If yes to (1),
what is the nature of these plans, and when will they be publicly available?
(4) If yes to (1),
will the minister please table these plans in the house?
INTERCONNECTED SYSTEM — RENEWABLE ENERGY
1427. Hon ROBIN CHAPPLE to the
Leader of the House representing the Minister for Energy:
I refer to question
without notice 1242, asked in the Legislative Council on 22 October 2015 of the
Leader of the House representing the Minister for Energy. Given that in the last
year the state has generated only 9.3 per cent of its energy needs from
renewable capacity, and that the state government owns much of Western Australia's
generation assets through Synergy and Horizon Power, I ask —
(1) Are there plans for Synergy and Horizon
Power to increase their renewable generation capacity to meet the 20 per cent
target set by the federal government?
(2) If no to (1),
why not?
(3) If yes to (1),
what is the nature of these plans, and when will they be publicly available?
(4) If yes to (1),
will the minister please table these plans in the house?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the
question.
(1) The 9.3
per cent the member has referred to contains the south west interconnected
system only. I expect Synergy to meet its obligations under the commonwealth
Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000.
(2) Not
applicable.
(3) Synergy is
currently running the expression-of-interest process calling for parties and
projects with the ability to supply large-scale generation certificates to
participate.
(4) These are
commercial-in-confidence.
question.
(1) The 9.3
per cent the member has referred to contains the south west interconnected
system only. I expect Synergy to meet its obligations under the commonwealth
Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000.
(2) Not
applicable.
(3) Synergy is
currently running the expression-of-interest process calling for parties and
projects with the ability to supply large-scale generation certificates to
participate.
(4) These are
commercial-in-confidence.
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