ISSUE 45 WINTER 2019

ALL SYSTEMS ARE G ! Introducing Future Generation Guthega Station gets an upgrade Celebrating 70 years of Snowy Out and about in the community INSIDE CEO UPDATE

3 CEO UPDATE CEO Paul Broad gives an update on our key 4 SNOWY 2.0: PROJECT UPDATE achievements at in the last few months. 6 INTRODUCING FUTURE GENERATION JOINT VENTURE AND VOITH HYDRO 8 SNOWY 2.0: FEEDBACK SURVEY elcome to the 45th edition In April, we appointed the Future Generation of Snowy Hydro NEWS, Joint Venture as principal contractor to 9 DISCOVER THE SNOWY SCHEME which features a fresh new construct Snowy 2.0. Increasingly you will see 10 GUTHEGA CONTINUES TO MAKE HISTORY look and the latest news and Future Generation staff around the region and information about Snowy there is an introductory story about them in this 12 OUR PROUD HISTORY WHydro, especially for the newsletter. community. 13 70 YEARS OF SNOWY Later this month, the Snowy team will once It has been 70 years since the first blast marked again be hosting Snowy 2.0 community 14 PART OF THE COMMUNITY the start of the Snowy Scheme. Since then, information sessions across Snowy Mountains investment in and maintenance of our assets towns. We look forward to seeing you there has ensured we can help keep the lights on with the first session on June 25. across the National Market. On the retail front, Red ’s award- Renewal and upgrade works are ongoing on winning service and commitment to delivering the Scheme, with the current works including a additional value for customers is highlighted by major operation at our inaugural , passing the one-year mark with our Red Energy Guthega, to replace the generator in Unit 1 after Frequent Flyer offer. This partnership 64 years of reliable service. with another iconic Australian company, Qantas, sees Red customers earning Qantas As we come into winter, our weather team is Frequent Flyer points with their existing Red busy analysing the inflow forecasts. While our Energy account. fingers are crossed for a bumper ski season, the outlook is dry. This is consistent with the Finally, with winter here, I’d ask everyone to state’s drought conditions so we’re planning for please be mindful of the unpredictable and a year of low water inflows. As we have done sometimes severe weather conditions that can for many decades we will successfully and occur at this time of year. If you’re driving in the carefully manage our water resources to ensure region please take extra care on the roads. we can generate at times of peak and of course continue to meet our water release obligations for downstream water users and environmental flows. Once again this year our cloud seeding operations are underway to maximise snow falls when the significant cold fronts move through the mountains. On to Snowy 2.0, it’s very exciting and satisfying to be on-site and carrying out work. While Exploratory Works activities are happening up at Lobs Hole we continue work on the Main Works Environmental Impact Statement. We are in discussions with the banks to fund the project and continue to advocate for much- For more information please visit our website needed upgrades to the shared transmission snowyhydro.com.au or follow us on Facebook. network which Snowy 2.0 and many other Contact us: renewable energy projects will need as they 1800 623 776 come online. [email protected]

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It’s all systems go with Snowy 2.0. We have formally appointed our principal contractors for the civil and electrical and mechanical works - Future Generation and Voith Hydro.

Lobs Hole Ravine Road drainage work

he roads component The portal will be the entrance to exhaustive due diligence was Come along to Snowy 2.0 plus plenty of opportunities to We’re keen to hear your views of Exploratory Works the exploratory tunnel, which will undertaken to ensure their information sessions hear the latest Snowy 2.0 news about Snowy 2.0, discuss any local is in progress, after be excavated using the drill and safety systems, processes and learn more about business, concerns that you may have and Snowy Hydro is hosting another completion of a range blast method to the likely site of and performance were of the training and work opportunities. answer your questions. round of community consultation of pre-construction the underground power station. highest standard. sessions in towns across the You can also meet representatives There is also a Snowy 2.0 survey Tactivities such as boundary- This important work must be These reviews are to ensure the mountains from 25 June to 1 July, from Future Generation, who are you can complete on page 8 of marking and fencing of heritage completed to ensure the power safety and quality performance is to keep people updated about directly responsible for Snowy 2.0 this newsletter, or on our website: and environmentally-sensitive station cavern – which will house of the highest calibre throughout progress on Snowy 2.0. procurement, sub-contracts and snowyhydro.com.au areas at Lobs Hole. the 240m-long machine hall and the the construction of Snowy 2.0. workforce employment. There are ‘drop-in’ sessions and Archeologists have been 200m-long transformer hall about As owner of the project, we will formal presentations with Q&As, identifying, recording and salvaging 800m underground – is situated in a be pursuing this ongoing program a small number of heritage items location suitable for the geological of reviews, audits and on-site known to be where buildings at stress conditions at depth. DATE TOWN VENUE TIME inspections so that exceptionally Lobs Hole once stood, so work can We are also carrying out high safety standards are maintained. Centennial Park, Sharp St 10:00 am - commence in that area. Tue 25 June essential safety reviews with Drop in and chat 12:00 pm Roads contractor Leed our contractors. Before their Bowling Club 6:00 pm - Engineering and Construction is appointment to Snowy 2.0, Tue 25 June Adaminaby Presentation and Q&A from 6pm 8:00 pm upgrading sections of existing roads and tracks and establishing Nest cafe and cinema, Winton St 6:00 pm - Wed 26 June 2km of new road so that there is Presentation and Q&A from 6pm 8:00 pm safe and reliable access into the Outside the Snowy Hydro display, Talbingo shops 11:00 am - Thu 27 June Talbingo construction site. Drop in and chat 12:00 pm Leed has more than 70 personnel Bowling Club, Richmond St 6:00 pm - Thu 27 June Tumut on-site carrying out works including Presentation and Q&A from 6pm 8.30 pm establishment of stormwater Wynyard Park, next to Pie in the Sky 9:00 am - drainage and installation of erosion Fri 28 June Tumut Drop in and chat 11:00 am and sediment controls to protect the Yarrangobilly River and Cooma Ex-Services Club, Vale St 6:00 pm - Mon 1 July Cooma catchment areas. Presentation and Q&A from 6pm 8.30 pm Other elements of Exploratory Works to get underway in coming Lobs Hole Ravine Road and the Lobs Hole camping area in Kosciuszko National months include establishment of REMINDER: Park are closed to the public for safety reasons during construction of Snowy 2.0. People should a workers’ accommodation camp exercise caution when driving in the Snowy Mountains, as an increase in vehicle movements in and a construction compound with the area is expected, particularly along the and Link Road. a portal construction pad. Monique, a Leed worker on-site

4 5 INTRODUCING uture Generation has been created Lane, which has operated in the US since 1890, specifically for Snowy 2.0 and brings has been part of the Salini Impregilo family since together the combined engineering 2016. The company is a leader in diversified expertise and experience of three heavy civil construction and together with Salini FUTURE companies: Australian-based Clough, Impregilo, has built 257 and hydroelectric FItaly’s Salini Impregilo and US-based Lane plants in five different continents, with an Construction. installed capacity of more than 37,500MW. The Future Generation team’s mission is to GENERATION safely engineer, plan and deliver the Snowy 2.0 Voith Hydro project to enhance and benefit the Australian A world leader in hydropower engineering and community, and to create a positive and equipment supply, Voith Hydro will deliver sustainable legacy for future generations the latest hydro-generation technology in JOINT VENTURE while protecting the unique Snowy region the Snowy 2.0 power station, including its six environment. pump-turbines. Part of the Voith Group, the company supplies Salini Impregilo and Clough AND VOITH and services all major components for large Salini Impregilo was founded in Italy in 1906 and small hydro plants, from generators, and has grown to become the world’s most turbines, pumps and automation systems, experienced tunnelling contractor and through to spare parts, maintenance and HYDRO an international leader in hydro and training services, and digital solutions for infrastructure projects. With 30 tunnel boring intelligent hydropower. machines currently working underground, The Voith Group is a global technology Salini Impregilo has 450km of tunnelling company working in the energy, oil and projects under construction, adopting gas, paper, raw materials and transport and tunnelling methodologies to suit varying local automotive industries. Founded in 1867, Voith conditions and working in environments as is family-owned and has more than 19,000 diverse as inner cities to remote alpine regions. employees and locations in more than 60 Clough is a pioneering engineering and countries worldwide. construction company established in 1919 in Future Generation is a name you will hear Perth, Western . Clough has a global workforce of almost 2,000 people and delivers a lot over the next few years. In April the challenging projects for the infrastructure, Future Generation Joint Venture was officially mining and energy industries, with a appointed by Snowy as the principal contractor commitment to the highest safety standards. for the design and construction of Snowy 2.0. Voith Hydro will provide the electrical and mechanical fit-out in the new power station.

Above: Clough - Mundaring Weir in Western Australia • Voith Hydro – inside the powerhouse at Gilgel Gibe I, Ethiopia Background: Salini Impregilo – Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme, South Africa

6 7 SNOWY 2.0: DISCOVER FEEDBACK SURVEY Where do you live? (your closest town)

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Minimising impacts on the community during construction DISCOVER MORE ABOUT THE SNOWY SCHEME

What benefits/positives do you think Snowy 2.0 will bring? THIS WINTER Find out more about the iconic Snowy Scheme at the Snowy Hydro Discovery Centre this winter. Join a guided and interactive tour through the Discovery Centre with one of our experienced staff members. Discover more about the Scheme’s past, present and future and hear some of the stories behind the engineering and our people. Our 20-minute Discovery Session will ignite your imagination and expand your knowledge of the mighty Snowy Scheme. The Best of the Years screening hourly from 9.30am to 3.30pm Are there any aspects of Snowy 2.0 that concern you? WINTER DISCOVERY WINTER SNOWY HYDRO DISCOVERY SESSION TIMES CENTRE TRADING HOURS

Weekdays on the hour from 9am to 3pm WEEKDAYS WEEKENDS Open 8am Open 7am Weekends on the hour from 10am to 2pm Close 5pm Close 4pm Note: tours can be subject to change due Cafe close 4pm Cafe close 3pm to operational requirements.

SEND THIS MAIL EMAIL ONLINE SURVEY SURVEY BACK Snowy 2.0 Community Relations Snowy2.0@ is also available at: Pop into the Snowy Hydro Discovery Centre located at Yulin TO US BY: PO Box 332, Cooma NSW 2630 snowyhydro.com.au snowyhydro.com.au Avenue Cooma, off the Monaro Highway – look out for our signs!

PRIVACY COLLECTION STATEMENT We are committed to respecting your privacy and complying with all of our privacy obligations under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), including the Australian Privacy 1800 623 776 Principles. If you provide us with feedback on the proposed Snowy 2.0 project , we may collect certain personal information from you as part of that feedback such as your name, email address, contact details and your opinions about the Snowy 2.0 project. We will use your feedback (which may contain your personal information) to [email protected] better understand the options and concerns of the broader Snowy community with respect to the Snowy 2.0 project and to provide you with updates on the Snowy 2.0 project (if you have requested to receive updates). If you provide us with feedback on an anonymous basis, we will ensure that your feedback does not contain any personal identifiers. Any personal information collected, stored, used and disclosed by us will be treated in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and our Privacy Policy. Our Privacy Policy includes details on disclosures we may make to our related companies, service providers, government and regulatory authorities and professional advisers, how you may access and correct your personal information, and how complaints may be made and will be handled. For more information on our privacy practices, please contact our Privacy Officer at The Privacy Officer, Snowy Hydro Limited, GPO Box 4351, NSW 2001 or by calling 02 9278 1888 and asking to speak with the Privacy Officer. 8 SNOWY 9 Date of Award Value of Contract Works Constructed of Contract at Date Awarded Contractor GUTHEGA CONTINUES , Sep 1951 $ 12 000 000 Ingenior F. Selmer A/S, Oslo, Guthega Tunnel, Norway, operating as Selmer Pressure Pipeline, . Engineering Pty Ltd Guthega Power Station TO MAKE HISTORY Turbo-Generators Apr 1951 $ 1 007 386 English Electric Co Ltd Transformers Mar 1953 $ 220 510 Hackbridge-Hewittic Ltd, England

he Snowy Scheme The generator is connected to extensive experience with similar In the first year of operation, the assets were always the turbine and is the part of projects in Norway - where at quickly available power averted 47 designed for longevity the machine that converts the the time all power was hydro- blackouts in Sydney. and durability. power produced by the spinning generated. The contractor for The station has many claims to A comprehensive turbine into electrical energy for the generators and turbines was fame. Apart from being the first Tmaintenance and upgrades consumers. awarded to English Electric. station in the Scheme, its location program has seen the Scheme The then Prime Minister Robert at 1,330 metres above sea level exceed all expectations, operating So what work is occurring? Menzies opened the intake valves makes it the highest power station more efficiently now than when at Guthega to start up the turbines in Australia. it was new. Current work to The Guthega upgrade, which and moved a switch to bring replace the Unit 1 generator at kicked off in October 2017, is Guthega operates almost the generators up to load. The Guthega Power Station will enable certainly not your average flat continuously during spring to fact that the Scheme was at last even higher functionality and pack project. move water from the snowmelt producing electricity dispelled performance from the Scheme. further downstream into the Over the last few months the public doubts about the project. bigger storage lakes. The station Unit 1 is 64-years-old, having been original stator and current rotor In his speech, Prime Minister consists of two 31.3MW Francis commissioned in 1955. This is the have been removed from the The original rotor of the Unit 1 Removal of the original stator Menzies predicted that the turbines and English Electric first generator replacement across generating unit. generator being lowered into place from Unit 1 Scheme would contribute “more generators and is the only power the Snowy Scheme, demonstrating You may have seen huge, to Australia than any other station in the Scheme that can the long life of the assets. It also specialised trucks travelling enterprise in the entire history of be connected to both NSW and highlights the original design Looking back at the history The construction for the Guthega through the mountains carrying the continent”. We think he was Victoria. and construction of the power the new rotor shaft and stator. of Guthega Power Station started in November 1951 and continued through until April pretty spot on. station and the expertise of These items are so big they had The concept of the Snowy 1955. Mrs Eileen Hudson (later Lady Snowy Hydro maintenance staff, to be transported in two halves all Scheme came about in the The first power from Guthega was Hudson) cut the ribbon to officially past and present. the way up to Guthega. 1880s as a way to help offset the sent to the grid open Guthega Tunnel in 1954. to boost supply at times of peak Guthega, the first station in the disastrous effects of droughts The new generator will be demand. As output increased, it Scheme, generates electricity by diverting water from some of The design for the generator and assembled from many individual also became a valuable back-up from the waters of the upper Australia’s best-known rivers – the turbine was based on a power components and when complete, during thermal station breakdowns diverted from Murray, Murrumbidgee, Snowy station at Loch Sloy in Scotland. will weigh in at 230 tonnes. or other emergencies. Guthega Dam, through the and Tumut – inland for irrigation. To The civil works contract was Guthega pressure tunnel. The The new Unit 1 generator is set help pay for this massive irrigation awarded to a Norwegian company, two units at Guthega have a to be commissioned in August scheme, and to create electricity Selmer Engineering, which had generating capacity of 60MW. 2019 and will reduce the duty for the growing population, hydro requirement for Unit 2, thereby power stations were built. extending Unit 2’s operating life.

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OUR PROUD HISTORY

A TIME FOR CELEBRATION AND REFLECTION

This year we celebrate our 70th year of the Snowy Scheme. 1 2 In October 1949 the then Governor-General, Sir William McKell, Prime Minister Ben Chifley and William Hudson fired the first blast at Adaminaby to commence construction on the mighty Snowy Scheme. In the coming months there will be events and opportunities to reflect on our history and celebrate one of the nation’s greatest engineering achievements. Keep an eye out for more.

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1. 1956 - Land Rover stopped along the near Friday Flat • 2. 1959 - Drilling works in the Murrumbidgee-Eucumbeme tunnel • 3. 1951 - English class in progress for migrant Scheme workers in Cooma township • 4. 1957 - Snowy introduced beer-only canteens to reduce sly-grogging to enhance productivity and reduce accidents on the job • 5. 1960 - Construction alignment survey of the Murrumbidgee-Eucumbeme diversion tunnel • 6. 1955 - Washing day in Cabramurra township

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SNOWY HYDRO DELIVERS FOR BOAT RAMP ROAD UPGRADE

Tumbarumba High School students took part in Young Driver Training ake Jindabyne is an Safety is a core value for Snowy integral and beautiful part Hydro. Prior to the works, of the Snowy Scheme, access to the lake was via a dirt he Snowy Hydro including driving behaviours, tremendous outcome, not providing a valuable track, full of potholes, which Young Driver distractions, speed management, only for participants and their recreation area and was quite unsafe. Training Program snow and ice. families but also for the entire Lscenic focal point for the Snowy is a professionally- community. The upgraded road is a great In May, during Global Road Safety Mountains tourism hot spot. delivered program community project, which Week, 1100km were travelled Young Driver Training is highly Tprovided to year 12 students in Now community members and benefits all lake users, and throughout the Snowy Mountains valued by both high schools local schools. L-R: Adam Russell Roads and visitors can access the popular Snowy Hydro is proud to be region to visit seven local high and the local community and is Maritime Service, Stephanie Widows Inlet boat ramp via a new part of it. The program is fully funded schools. aimed at making a meaningful McKew Snowy Hydro, John Barilaro sealed road with parking facilities, by Snowy Hydro, delivered difference to the safety of all Deputy Premier and the Member The success of the Snowy Hydro thanks in part to Snowy Hydro’s by Driving Solutions and drivers on our roads, especially for Monaro, Suneil Adhikari Snowy Young Driver Training Program is $250,000 contribution to the local specifically designed for the new drivers. Monaro Regional Council a direct result of Snowy Hydro’s upgrade project. unique driving conditions of the partnership with local schools and Snowy Mountain regions. The this high quality, professionally- young drivers undertake both run program provides a theory and practical sessions LIGHTING UP LAKE JINDABYNE

ver the Easter $5,000 Illumination Award, $2,500 Environmental PUTTING THEORY INTO PRACTICE period, both Red sponsored by Red Energy, was won Awareness Award was Energy and Snowy by Victorian Sam Anderson with his sponsored by Snowy Hydro and Hydro were major work Gypsy of the Deep. won by Cooma’s St Patrick’s nowy has always Adam Robinson facilitated a tour Expanding and building on our sponsors of the School Year 9 students, with been a strong of Jindabyne and Guthega power already established vocational The piece, a 7.75m long whale shark OLake Light Sculpture event held their work called Downstream supporter of STEM stations. education and training program, which was lit up with 40meters subjects (science, providing opportunities, and in Jindabyne. Decay that used old milk bottles. During the visit to Guthega Power of LED lighting was made from a technology, fostering career pathways will Station, Unit 1’s stator and rotor had This year 140 artists submitted combination of recycled materials Snowy Hydro also sponsored Sengineering and maths) in local always remain a priority for been removed and were sitting in entries, which were viewed by and galvanised sheet steel. the $500 People’s Choice schools. After a conversation Snowy Hydro. the assembly bay. The students more than 30,000 visitors. Illumination Award, which was with the physics teacher at were able to get up close and see won by Myles Naylor for his Monaro High School, Brad the inner workings of a generator. work called Star Gate. McElroy, we identified a This was a once in a lifetime event. cohort of year 12 physics students who were studying This program was highly successful, electromagnetism and required and it was great to help inspire the some additional theory and next generation of engineers. practical experiences. The Snowy Hydro education Over two consecutive program will work in partnership Wednesdays, graduate with local schools, the community engineer, Oliver Webb gave a and beyond to provide curriculum- presentation on the theory of aligned programs to meet the electromagnetism and Acting identified learning needs of students Red Energy’s Neil Thew and winner Sam Anderson with ‘Gypsy of the deep’ Plant Manager - Kosciuszko, from infants to HSC, covering STEM, Monaro High School students visit Jindabyne Pumping Station history, geography and culture.

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