To Company Announcements Office Facsimile 1300 135 638 Company ASX Limited Date 19 January 2009 From Bill Hundy Pages 3 Subject ORIGIN’S URANQUINTY POWER STATION COMES ONLINE. Please find attached ASX Release on above subject. Regards Bill Hundy Company Secretary 02 8345 5467 –
[email protected] For personal use only Origin Energy Limited ACN 000 051 696 • Lvl 45 Australia Square, 264-278 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000 GPO Box 5376, Sydney NSW 2001 • Telephone (02) 8345 5000 • Facsimile (02) 9252 1566 • www.originenergy.com.au ASX/Media Release 19 January 2009 Origin’s Uranquinty Power Station comes online Four gas turbines commence commercial operation New South Wales electricity supply received a significant boost last week when Origin’s 640MW gas-fired Uranquinty Power Station became fully operational. The peaking power station in the State’s south-west commenced commercial operations just as New South Wales was experiencing extreme summer temperatures and record demand conditions. Origin announced in July 2008 that it had acquired Uranquinty Power station for $700m from Babcock and Brown Power. In line with plan, all four of the station’s 160MW open cycle gas turbine (OCGT) units are now online. Origin’s Executive General Manager for Major Development Projects, Andrew Stock, said, “The Uranquinty Power Station will play a critical role in meeting New South Wales’ future power needs. “Gas-fired plant emits significantly fewer emissions than coal and has a large role to play in moving Australia toward a lower-carbon future. Uranquinty is just one in a series of investments being made by Origin to increase our gas-fired generating capacity.” As part of the project, two 132kV transmission lines adjacent to the site have been re-constructed within existing easements from the Power Station to the Wagga Wagga sub-station (17km).