The fact that Basslink’s undersea power cable has failed again so soon after being reconnected is unwelcome news.
Basslink said “such an outage is not an unusual occurrence across the electricity network”. Until Tasmania is self-sufficient in renewable energy we will continue to have an insecure power supply.
We don’t want to have to rely on coal-fired power from Victoria, and the energy crisis showed just how much this reliance is costing us. Tasmania is looking at a $180 million bill from dirty diesel and gas generation during the energy crisis.
We can easily get to more than 100% self-sufficiency in on island renewable power.
With a combination of large-scale wind and rooftop solar driven by fair tariffs, we can generate a financial return for Tasmanians, and get power security.
Rosalie Woodruff MP | Greens Energy spokesperson
