The Rockliff-Ferguson Government’s failure to implement its own policy to de-link Tasmania from the National Electricity Market has left Tasmanian customers exposed.
The policy was to be put in place to protect Tasmanian Customers from exactly the sort of risks and shocks that are now being realised across the National Electricity Market.
It is extraordinary that it took questions from Labor in question time for the government to admit they had now walked away from the policy – four years after the promise was made.
The decision puts wind developers and project Marinus ahead of Tasmanian major employers and residential customers.
Any shocks that fall upon Tasmanian businesses and households will now fall at the feet of the Rockliff-Ferguson Government.
Dean Winter MP
Shadow Energy Minister
