ENERGY IN TASMANIA – PERFORMANCE REPORT 2013– 14 Office of the Tasmanian Economic Regulator CONTACT DETAILS Office of the Tasmanian Economic Regulator Office hours: 8.45am to 5.00pm, Monday to Friday (except public holidays) Street address: 5th Floor, 111 Macquarie Street, Hobart, Tasmania 7000 Postal address: GPO Box 770, Hobart, Tasmania 7001 Telephone: (03) 6166 4422 or international +61 3 6166 4422 Email: [email protected] Website: www.economicregulator.tas.gov.au Printed January 2015 Office of the Tasmanian Economic Regulator ISBN 978-0-7246-5354-6 Copyright © Office of the Tasmanian Economic Regulator ENERGY IN TASMANIA - PERFORMANCE REPORT 2013-14 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ....................................................................................................... 1 ACRONYMS .................................................................................................................................. I EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................. V STATISTICAL SUMMARY ......................................................................................................... IX 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Background ............................................................................................... 1 1.2 Industry structure ....................................................................................... 2 1.2.1 Electricity ..................................................................................................... 2 1.2.2 Natural Gas .................................................................................................. 5 1.2.3 Petroleum .................................................................................................... 6 1.2.4 Coal.............................................................................................................. 7 1.2.5 Wood ........................................................................................................... 7 1.3 Tasmanian Economy ................................................................................. 7 1.3.1 Introduction .................................................................................................. 7 1.4 Energy supply industry contribution to the Tasmanian economy ............... 7 2 ENERGY USAGE ............................................................................................................ 11 2.1 Energy consumption in Tasmania ........................................................... 11 2.2 Tasmanian energy flow ........................................................................... 12 2.3 Transport ................................................................................................. 12 2.4 Residential .............................................................................................. 14 2.5 Commercial ............................................................................................. 16 2.6 Industrial ................................................................................................. 17 2.7 Greenhouse gas emissions ..................................................................... 19 3 INDUSTRY REGULATION .............................................................................................. 23 3.1 Electricity Regulation ............................................................................... 23 3.1.1 Legislative and regulatory framework ........................................................ 23 3.1.2 NECF Implementation ............................................................................... 25 3.1.3 Participation in the National Electricity Market .......................................... 25 ENERGY IN TASMANIA - PERFORMANCE REPORT 2013-14 3.1.4 Electricity supply industry price controls .................................................... 26 3.1.5 Management and compliance plans .......................................................... 29 3.1.6 Performance reporting ............................................................................... 29 3.2 Gas regulation ......................................................................................... 29 3.2.1 Gas legislative framework ......................................................................... 29 3.2.2 Gas regulation ........................................................................................... 30 3.2.3 Compliance plans ...................................................................................... 32 3.2.4 Performance reporting ............................................................................... 32 3.3 Regulatory bodies ................................................................................... 32 3.3.1 Tasmanian Economic Regulator ............................................................... 32 3.3.2 Australian Energy Market Commission ..................................................... 33 3.3.3 Australian Energy Regulator ...................................................................... 33 3.3.4 Australian Energy Market Operator ........................................................... 34 3.3.5 Tasmanian Energy Ombudsman ............................................................... 34 3.4 Other Government bodies ....................................................................... 34 3.4.1 WorkSafe Tasmania .................................................................................. 34 3.4.2 Department of Treasury and Finance ........................................................ 35 3.4.3 Energy Policy Branch, Department of State Growth ................................. 35 3.5 Climate change policies and regulators ................................................... 36 3.5.1 Carbon pricing mechanism ........................................................................ 36 3.5.2 Renewable Energy Target ......................................................................... 36 3.5.3 Clean Energy Regulator ............................................................................ 37 3.5.4 Clean Energy Finance Corporation ........................................................... 37 3.5.5 Australian Renewable Energy Agency ...................................................... 37 3.5.6 The Climate Change Authority .................................................................. 37 4 INDUSTRY RELATED BODIES ...................................................................................... 39 4.1 Energy Ombudsman ............................................................................... 39 4.2 Electrical safety, standards and licensing ................................................ 40 4.3 Electrical Installation and Infrastructure Safety Compliance .................... 41 4.4 Director of Gas Safety ............................................................................. 41 4.5 OTTER Customer Consultative Committee ............................................. 43 4.6 Committee to Co-ordinate the Response to Energy Supply Emergencies ........................................................................................... 43 4.7 Electricity Technical Advisory Committee ................................................ 43 5 GENERATION ................................................................................................................. 45 5.1 Installed capacity ..................................................................................... 45 5.2 Reserve plant margin .............................................................................. 46 5.3 Hydro generation ..................................................................................... 46 ENERGY IN TASMANIA - PERFORMANCE REPORT 2013-14 5.3.1 Water storage ............................................................................................ 47 5.4 Thermal generation ................................................................................. 50 5.5 Wind generation ...................................................................................... 51 5.6 Embedded generation ............................................................................. 52 5.7 Generation performance .......................................................................... 53 5.7.1 Availability .................................................................................................. 53 5.7.2 Planned outage factor................................................................................ 55 5.7.3 Forced outage factor.................................................................................. 56 5.7.4 System adequacy ...................................................................................... 57 5.7.5 Basslink imports ......................................................................................... 59 5.7.6 Solar generation ........................................................................................ 60 6 TRANSMISSION .............................................................................................................. 61 6.1 Introduction ............................................................................................. 61 6.2 Availability ............................................................................................... 61 6.3 Reliability ................................................................................................