A national report on the impact of the current drought on electricity supplies has shown that Queensland’s supply is expected to be secure for the next two summers.

The State government set up a special taskforce made up of key stakeholders from across government and industry to analyse in depth what the drought meant for electricity supply. An independent expert was also appointed to double check the work of the taskforce.

“The taskforce concluded that south east Queensland had sufficient supply options from southern Queensland power stations, plus transmission links to Central Queensland and the national grid to reliably meet bulk power demands,” says Mines and Energy Minister Geoff Wilson.

“However we will continue to keep a close watch on water use by power stations. We are still in the grip of the worst drought on record and can’t afford to take our eye off the ball,” Mr Wilson continued.

“We’re in this together, but we have contingency plans to deal with whatever nature throws at our electricity network,” Mr Wilson said.

A number of new power stations will be up and running in Queensland for the summer of 2009/2010.

•Date: 14th Dec 2007• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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