Electric Mouse
This highlights the point that Hydro Tas clearly caved-in to increasing demands [at cheap contract prices] for power from the 16MI when they knew all along the limitations of a closed system. The answer from the 16MI – make it an open system. Hence Basslink became a means by which the public could subsidise more power to the 16MI. This is why the 16 MI were the only group in the community lobbying for Basslink (I dont recall seeing the Tasmanian Pensioners Association pushing for it).
Read more, comment on this comment: HERE: The Energy Disaster
Or: HERE: It’s a media, Deep Green beat-up