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Power need forecasts kick hole in case for sell-off and new stations
Wednesday 01 September 2010
The annual forecast of electricity supply and demand issued by the Australian Energy Market Operator shows yet again that NSW does not need new coal-fired power stations or privatisation to keep the lights on, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye. ('Southern states better off than Queensland in power forecast', SMH Business Day 1 September p.3, http://bit.ly/smh100901)
NSW govt pushes ahead with new coal power without climate study
Tuesday 10 August 2010
The Keneally government has failed to analyse the climate impacts of two new coal-fired power stations despite granting planning approval for them, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Keneally selling out households with power fire sale in China
Wednesday 14 July 2010
Premier Kristina Keneally's trip to China is a desperate attempt to sell the state's electricity assets at bargain basement prices, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Baseload power needs myth goes critical
Monday 28 June 2010
Land and Environment Court documents show that the Keneally government continues to rely on the dangerous and false myth that blackouts and brownouts will occur unless there is an increase in the state's baseload generating capacity.
Sydney’s desalination plant set up for privatisation
Thursday 03 June 2010
Moves to give Sydney’s desalination plant its own retail licence are the first step towards privatisation of the plant, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye. (‘Privatisation of desalination plant back on the agenda,’ SMH Business Day, 3 June 2010, p5, http://bit.ly/smh100603)
NSW power sell-off hits yet another wall
Friday 21 May 2010
Treasurer Roozendaal’s electricity privatisation has taken yet another body blow as the competition regulator rejected the Keneally government’s application to hand NSW households over to a private cartel, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Feature: Power stations approval based on underestimate of greenhouse gas emissions
Wednesday 07 April 2010
The Keneally government granted concept plan consent for two new giant fossil-fuel power stations, despite their own independent review warning that greenhouse gas emissions predictions made by the applicants for both Mt Piper and Bayswater were inadequate and likely to be a substantial under-estimate. In the case of Mt Piper, engineering firm Arup warned that actual emissions could be 2.1 million tonnes a year greater than stated. This is the equivalent emissions of 488 thousand new cars on the road. The Greens are calling on the NSW government to abandon the approval and insist on realistic assessments of the substantial impact these power stations would have on the state’s emissions.
Power station approval based on underestimate of greenhouse emissions
Wednesday 07 April 2010
The Keneally government approved the giant new Mt Piper power station despite an independent review warning that the application's greenhouse gas emissions prediction was likely to be a substantial under-estimate, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
ACCC gives NSW power sell-off cartel the flick
Sunday 28 March 2010
The federal regulator has struck a savage blow to Keneally government plans to privatise key components of the NSW electricity industry, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Firth must demand more time to solve crowded history plan
Saturday 20 March 2010
NSW Education Minister Verity Firth must not ignore the alarm raised by history teachers about overcrowding and a lack of flexibility in the draft national curriculum, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Keneally govt rejects key union campaign
Thursday 18 March 2010
The NSW government has dismissed a key Unions NSW campaign before it has started by rejecting laws opposing privatisation, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Need for new coal-fired power plants based on a lie
Wednesday 03 March 2010
The NSW government’s approval for two new giant fossil fuel power stations is based on the big lie that they are needed to keep the lights on. They will drive up the state’s greenhouse gas emissions and destroy jobs in the renewable energy industry, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Feature: NSW govt ploughs ahead with new coal-fired power stations
Friday 26 February 2010
The Keneally government is on the cusp of granting approval for the development two giant fossil-fuel power stations. Their response to public submissions rejects the potential for large-scale renewable energy projects in NSW.
Campaign launched to stop Labor’s coal fired power plan
Thursday 25 February 2010
The Greens are joining with environment groups representing over 200,000 people in launching a campaign against plans to impose two new coal fired power stations on NSW.
NSW electricity privatisation collides with reality
Thursday 18 February 2010
The wheels have fallen off the Keneally government's plans to privatise the electricity retailers and the rights to sell power from the state's seven large coal-fired power stations, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye
Power meters not 'smart' if costs hike for low income households
Monday 01 February 2010
A University of Melbourne study has sounded a warning note for vulnerable low income households in a privatised electricity market, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Wran's aluminium sweetheart deal turns sour on NSW taxpayers
Saturday 16 January 2010
NSW taxpayers are facing a $380 million a year financial loss to fund windfall profits for the state's aluminium industry under the Rudd government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, thanks to fixed price electricity supply contracts put in place by the Wran government, according to Greens MP John Kaye.
Copenhagen failure turns focus onto state and local governments
Sunday 20 December 2009
The Greens are calling on the Keneally government to abandon plans for two new baseload power stations and heed the call of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for 'sub national' jurisdictions to act on climate change.
Power bill rises made worse by coal-obsessed Rees govt
Monday 30 November 2009
Massive investment in an outdated electricity distribution system and a focus on privatisation have seen NSW households miss out on lower cost energy supply options, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Power station water shortage restrictions are taste of the Tripodi future
Saturday 28 November 2009
Conflict between water supplies and electricity generation will only worsen if the Rees government's plans for new coal-fired power stations go ahead, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
