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The Evolution of Tasmania's Energy Sector
Electricity Supply Industry Expert Panel The Evolution of Tasmania’s Energy Sector Discussion Paper April 2011 The Evolution of Tasmania’s Energy Sector Discussion Paper Electricity Industry Panel - Secretariat GPO Box 123 Hobart TAS 7001 Telephone: (03) 6232 7123 Email: [email protected] http://www.electricity.tas.gov.au April 2011 © Copyright State of Tasmania, 2011 Table of Contents Glossary ..................................................................................................................................................... 5 Foreword ................................................................................................................................................... 1 1. Highlights ........................................................................................................................................... 3 2. The Tasmanian Electricity Market - Agents of Change ............................................................. 7 3. A New Strategic Direction for Tasmania’s Energy Market – the 1997 Directions Statement ....................................................................................................................................... 12 4. Delivering the Reform Framework .............................................................................................. 14 4.1. Structural Reform of the Hydro-Electric Commission ....................................................... 14 4.2. The Development of Supply Options ................................................................................ -
Declaration of Frequency Control Ancillary Services
DECLARATION OF FREQUENCY CONTROL ANCILLARY SERVICES STATEMENT OF REASONS December 2009 Printed December 2009 Office of the Tasmanian Economic Regulator Level 5, 111 Macquarie Street, Hobart TAS 7000 GPO Box 770, Hobart TAS 7001 Phone: (03) 6233 6323 Fax (03) 6233 5666 ISBN 978-0-7246-7501-2 Copyright © Office of the Tasmanian Economic Regulator TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 OVERVIEW...............................................................................................3 2 DECLARATION CONTEXT......................................................................9 2.1 NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY OBJECTIVES ...............................................................9 2.2 TASMANIAN ENERGY POLICY OBJECTIVES..........................................................10 2.3 FREQUENCY CONTROL ANCILLARY SERVICES IN THE NEM ..........................10 2.4 FREQUENCY CONTROL ANCILLARY SERVICES IN TASMANIA........................11 2.5 SOURCES OF RAISE CONTINGENCY FCAS IN TASMANIA ................................13 2.6 AVAILABILITY OF FAST RAISE FCAS IN TASMANIA .............................................13 2.7 COST OF SUPPLY OF RAISE CONTINGENCY FCAS BY HYDRO TASMANIA.14 2.8 RAISE CONTINGENCY FCAS PRICES ......................................................................16 3 DECLARATION PROCESS ...................................................................19 3.1 DECLARATION OF SERVICES ....................................................................................19 4 INVESTIGATION ....................................................................................21 -
2007 Annual Report
Hydro Tasmania Annual Report 07 Australia’s leading renewable energy business Achievements & Challenges for 2006/07 Achievements Ensuring Utilising Basslink Profit after tax Returns to Sale of Bell Bay Capital Further investment Targeted cost Slight increase in Hydro Tasmania Hydro Tasmania Integration of continuity of helps manage low of $79.4 million; Government of power site and gas expenditure of in Roaring 40s of reduction program staff engagement Consulting office Consulting sustainability electricity supply water storages underlying $57.8 million turbines to Alinta $54.2 million, $10 million as joint realises recurrent with Hydro opened in New achieved national performance to Tasmania in profit of • Dividend including Gordon venture builds savings of Tasmania among Delhi success as part reporting time of drought $19.5 million $21.2 million Power Station wind portfolio in $7.7 million the better of bid to receive better reflects • Income tax redevelopment Australia, China performing an $8.7 million operating result equivalent and Tungatinah and India businesses grant for a major and takes account $28.7 million switchyard nationally water monitoring of impact of low • Loan guarantee upgrade project inflows fee $5.1 million • Rates equivalent $2.8 million Challenges Operational and financial Protection of water Environmental risks Restructuring the Business response to Improving safety Increased greenhouse The direction of national Continuous improvement pressures as a result of storages as levels dipped as a result of low business -
Local Government Election Report 2005
Tasmania Local Government Election Report 2005 Contents Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 3 Statewide election statistics Return of postal votes ..................................................................................................... 10 Council response rate in order of enrolment ................................................................... 12 Percentage response rate by age group and gender ...................................................... 14 Validation of declaration envelopes ................................................................................. 16 Break up of declarations rejected .................................................................................... 17 Informal ballot paper survey ............................................................................................ 18 Ballot papers admitted and formality .............................................................................. 20 Break up of postal votes .................................................................................................. 22 Council election outcomes Councillors, Mayors & Deputy Mayors as at October 2005 ............................................ 24 Casual Vacancies ............................................................................................................. 3 Elector Polls since the 2002 elections ............................................................................ -
Local Government Board Review FINAL REPORT: REVIEW of VOLUNTARY AMALGAMATION and SHARED SERVICES OPTIONS
Local Government Board Review FINAL REPORT: REVIEW OF VOLUNTARY AMALGAMATION AND SHARED SERVICES OPTIONS SORELL AND TASMAN COUNCILS Voluntary Amalgamation and Shared Services Options 1 FINAL REPORT: REVIEW OF VOLUNTARY AMALGAMATION AND SHARED SERVICES OPTIONS: SORELL AND TASMAN COUNCILS Author Local Government Board GPO Box 123 ISBN Hobart, TAS, 7001 978 0 7246 5748 7 Publisher Date Local Government Board August 2018 © Crown in Right of the State of Tasmania July 2018 2 CONTENTS The Local Government Board 5 Abbreviations 6 Definitions 7 Foreword 8 Executive Summary 9 1. Introduction 13 1.1. Background to the Review 13 1.2. Scope of the Review 14 1.3. Process for the Review 17 2. Local Government Reform Context: Amalgamations and Shared Services 19 2.1. Insights from shared services 20 2.2. Insights from previous amalgamation processes and outcomes 22 2.3. Other recent Tasmanian shared services and voluntary amalgamation studies 24 3. Key Features of the Sorell and Tasman Municipal Areas 26 3.1. Introduction 26 3.2. Demography 27 3.3. Economy 30 3.4. Social 32 4. Key Features of the Sorell and Tasman Councils 34 4.1. Introduction 34 4.2. Current financial viability/performance 35 4.3. Councillors and staff 37 4.4. Current Shared Services Arrangements between Sorell and Tasman Councils 38 4.5. Role of Shared General Manager of Sorell and Tasman Councils 40 3 5. Stand-Alone Councils (Option 1 – No change) 41 5.1. Introduction 41 5.2. Financial Sustainability as Stand-Alone Councils: (10-20 year outlook) 42 5.3. Effective local representation 55 5.4. -
Council Email Address Web Site Mayor General Manager
COUNCIL EMAIL ADDRESS WEB SITE MAYOR GENERAL MANAGER Break O'Day Council [email protected] http://www.bodc.tas.gov.au Mayor Mick Tucker Mr John Brown Brighton Council [email protected] http://www.brighton.tas.gov.au Mayor Tony Foster Mr James Dryburgh Burnie City Council [email protected] http://www.burnie.net Mayor Steve Kons Mr Andrew Wardlaw Central Coast Council [email protected] http://www.centcoast.tas.gov.au Mayor Jan Bonde Ms Sandra Ayton Central Highlands Council [email protected] http://www.centralhighlands.tas.gov.au Mayor Loueen Triffitt Ms Lyn Eyles Circular Head Council [email protected] http://www.circularhead.tas.gov.au Mayor Daryl Quilliam Mr Scott Riley Clarence, City Of [email protected] http://www.ccc.tas.gov.au Mayor Doug Chipman Mr Ian Nelson Derwent Valley Council [email protected] http://www.derwentvalley.tas.gov.au Mayor Ben Shaw Mr Dean Griggs Devonport City Council [email protected] http://www.devonport.tas.gov.au Mayor Annette Rockliff Mr Matthew Atkins Dorset Council [email protected] http://www.dorset.tas.gov.au Mayor Greg Howard Mr Tim Watson Flinders Council [email protected] http://www.flinders.tas.gov.au Mayor Annie Revie Mr Warren Groves George Town Council [email protected] http://www.georgetown.tas.gov.au Mayor Greg Kieser Mr Shane Power Glamorgan Spring Bay Council [email protected] http://www.gsbc.tas.gov.au Mayor Jenny Woods (A/g) Ms Marissa Walters (A/g) Glenorchy City Council -
George Town Municipality
Local climate profile George Town Municipality Past and current climate: The George Town municipality has a temperate maritime climate with a moderate temperature range (at Low Head, average daily maximum temperature is 21 °C in February, 12.5 °C in July). Average annual rainfall is less than 800 mm per year with a distinct seasonal cycle. For example, Low Head receives 668 mm per year (27 mm in February and 82 mm in August). Rainfall in the George Town area can come from the regular westerly frontal rain systems that cross Tasmania, however an important fraction of the rainfall comes from episodic systems from the north and east, including cutoff lows. Year-to-year rainfall variability is partly correlated with the El Niño Southern Oscillation in autumn, winter and spring (where El Niño winters are generally drier than average, La Niña winters are generally wetter than average). There is also some correlation with the Indian Ocean Dipole in winter and spring, and with atmospheric blocking especially in summer. Average temperatures have risen in the decades since the 1950s, at a rate similar to the rest of Tasmania (up to 0.15 °C per decade). Daily minimum temperatures have risen slightly more than daily maximum temperatures. There has been a decline in average rainfall and a lack of very wet years in the George Town municipality since the mid 1970s, and this decline has been strongest in autumn. This decline was exacerbated by the ‘big dry’ drought of 1995-2009. Rainfall in the recent period since the end of the drought has been average or above average. -
Hydro Tasmania to Make a Submission to the Inquiry Into Future Water Supplies for Australia’S Rural Industries and Communities
Enquiries: Carol Finn Phone: 03/6230 5951 Email: [email protected] 30 August 2002 Mr. Ian Dundas Committee Secretary House of Representatives Standing Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Dear Mr Dundas, Thank you for the opportunity for Hydro Tasmania to make a submission to the Inquiry into Future Water Supplies for Australia’s Rural Industries and Communities. Hydro Tasmania is pleased to note that the Commonwealth Government is acutely aware of the need to develop a strategy to create an adequate and sustainable supply of water in Australia. The attached submission contains Hydro Tasmania’s comments and suggestions that address the terms of reference supplied in your letter dated the 4th July 2002. Hydro Tasmania would welcome any opportunity of further involvement in this inquiry. Yours sincerely, Geoff Willis Chief Executive Officer Hydro-Electric Corporation 4 Elizabeth Street www.hydro.com.au GPO Box 355D Telephone (03) 6237 3400 ARBN 072 377 158 ABN 48 072 377 158 Hobart Tasmania 7000 Hobart Tasmania 7001 Facsimile (03) 6230 5823 Hydro Tasmania welcomes this opportunity to make a submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry – “Inquiry into Future water Supplies for Australia’s Rural Industries and Communities”. 1. Summary As the largest water manager in Tasmania - and one of the largest in Australia – Hydro Tasmania has a significant interest in the outcomes of this inquiry. Water is a scarce and valuable resource and its value is increasing as the availability of new water supplies decreases through either the existing allocations approaching the reasonably reliable resource availability, or the water quality being reduced below acceptable levels. -
$40K Invested in Healthy George Town Read More on Page 8
FREE NOVEMBER 2020 $40K Invested in Healthy George Town Read more on Page 8 Artist with a message! Beaconsfield Bank Local artist sends a powerful The New Bendigo Bank Agency in message Beaconsfield is now open! Page 2 Page 6 GET YOUR BUSINESS ONLINE! Flare Leap is a local business based in Launceston, specialising in: Website Design Social Media Management Online Learning Digital Marketing SEO & SEM Cyber Security Speak to our local experts today! (03) 6327 1731 [email protected] 2 www.TamarValleyNews.com.au Young George Town artist sends powerful message on new, mobile canvas Local George Town artist Alyssia Sky, aged 9, stands next to her artwork, now displayed on a George Town garbage Truck. (Photo: Zac Lockhart) Caring for the environment is something talent we have in all of our artists right Alyssia stood out from the crowd. people the value of reusing and recycling that is becoming more widely spoken about across all demographics and here is just because it is important, and we need to keep amongst many communities with more and another example from Alyssia who’s 9, and Alyssia received a $500 ‘Why leave town?’ Tasmania clean. more places starting to provide recyclable have a look at what she’s produced” said gift card for her entry that can be redeemed utensils such as Café’s opting for reusable Shane Power, who was gleaming with pride within the local township along with two Alyssia’s mum Delanie Sky said that she was coffee cups rather than a throw away only at the end result of the artwork. -
A Powerful Century - Information Sheet
A powerful century - Information sheet Hydro Tasmania: 100 years of achievement What started in 1914 as the Hydro-Electric Department was later known as the Hydro- Electric Commission, the Hydro-Electric Corporation and Hydro Tasmania. But it has been known and claimed by Tasmanians for generations simply as ‘the Hydro’. For a century, the Hydro has shaped Tasmania’s industries, economy, landscape and community. Its legacy1 is not only its engineering and construction feats2, but also its lasting impact Cluny Dam on the State’s population and culture. Thousands of ‘Hydro people’, many from overseas, came to work on the schemes and made Tasmania home. The history of the Hydro is part of the living memory of those workers and their families. The beginnings In the early 1900s, the miracle of hydro-electric power was just arriving in Tasmania. Launceston’s streets were lit by the privately owned Duck Reach Power Station, and a few industries were generating their own electric power. In 1914, the Tasmanian Government bought a small electricity company and created the Hydro-Electric Department. The first power station at Waddamana in the Great Lakes was opened in 1916. By the 1920s, hydro-electric power was revolutionising3 Tasmanian farms, mills, mines and factories, but electricity was not yet widely available for household uses. Constantly growing demand for power kept the pressure on the Hydro’s construction program through the 1930s, but equipment, materials, expertise and labour became scarce4 and progress slowed during the Great Depression and the Second World War. The pioneers Construction work in the early years was difficult and dangerous, requiring great resilience5 and pioneering spirit6. -
Destination Action Plan 2018 –2021 December 2018 Acknowledgements
GEORGE TOWN Destination Action Plan 2018 –2021 December 2018 Acknowledgements The development of the George Town Destination Action Plan (DAP) has been facilitated by Tourism Northern Tasmania (TNT), supported by George Town Council in partnership with the Department of State Growth. The process brought together representatives from all stakeholder groups that benefit from the visitor economy, local government, industry and the community, to develop a plan. This Plan seeks to identify the challenges and opportunities facing the destination and to establish achievable, affordable priorities that if delivered would increase George Town’s competitiveness. Specifically, we would like to thank the individuals that participated in the plan development process and the review undertaken in August to December 2018. Facilitator Coordinator Chris Griffin – TNT Sonia Mellor –TNT Destination Action Plan Leadership Group (2016) Anne Cameron – George Town Council Jye Marshall – JavElle's Coffee Robin Dornauf – Meander Valley Dairy Lee-Ann Patterson – George Town Council Sarah Hickling – Low Head Tourist Park Theresa Plumstead – East Beach Tourist Park Stacy File – Hillwood Berry Farm Sue Sherriff – News Xpress Julius Godman – Peppers York Cove Adrienne Smeeton – Lighthouse Regional Arts Greg Humphries – Pier Hotel Mike Turner – Envorinex Maureen Lacey – Harcourts East Tamar John Watts – Low Head Pilot Station Maritime Museum Shirley Lincoln – Low Head Penguin Tours Lorraine Wootten – George Town and District Andrew Michieletto – George Town Chamber of -
The Aluminium Smelting Industry
The Aluminium Smelting Industry Structure, market power, subsidies and greenhouse gas emissions Hal Turton Number 44 January 2002 THE AUSTRALIA INSTITUTE The Aluminium Smelting Industry Structure, market power, subsidies and greenhouse gas emissions Hal Turton Discussion Paper Number 44 January 2002 ISSN 1322-5421 ii © The Australia Institute. This work is copyright. It may be reproduced in whole or in part for study or training purposes only with the written permission of the Australia Institute. Such use must not be for the purposes of sale or commercial exploitation. Subject to the Copyright Act 1968, reproduction, storage in a retrieval system or transmission in any form by any means of any part of the work other than for the purposes above is not permitted without written permission. Requests and inquiries should be directed to the Australia Institute. The Australia Institute iii Table of Contents List of Tables and Figures iv List of Abbreviations v Company index vi Summary vii 1. Introduction 1 2. The Australian industry 3 2.1 Industry overview: Scale, exports and economic contribution 3 2.2 Smelting: Locations, history and scale 4 2.3 Industry ownership 5 2.4 Energy use 6 2.5 Greenhouse gas emissions 8 2.6 Electricity costs and prices for the smelting industry 9 2.7 Subsidies 11 2.8 Politics and economics of smelter subsidies 22 2.9 Summary and conclusions 25 3. The world industry 27 3.1 Location and scale 27 3.2 Australian operators’ international assets 28 3.3 Other international operators 29 3.4 Energy use and greenhouse gas emissions: present and future 32 3.5 Electricity prices and market power 36 3.6 Summary and conclusions 41 4.