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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 509 asked in the Legislative Council on 16 May 2019 by Hon Peter Collier

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

NORTH WEST INTERCONNECTED SYSTEM

509. Hon PETER COLLIER to the minister representing the Minister for Energy:

I refer to the comments made by the Minister for Energy in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, 14 May 2019 regarding the contract between Horizon Power and TransAlta that ''this agreement was entered into by the last government, particularly when it was not recommended to it by the process it had established to choose a contract partner''.

(1) Who advised the minister that this agreement was entered into by the last government, particularly when it was not recommended to it by the process it had established to choose a contract partner?

(2) On what date did the minister receive this advice?

(3) Will the minister table this advice; and, if not, why not?

Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. The following information has been provided by the Minister for Energy.

(1) In his 14 May 2019 answer to a parliamentary question, the minister made no reference to TransAlta but to a high-cost, inflexible, long-term contract that is making it very difficult to implement the north west interconnected system reforms. The minister has written to Hon Mike Nahan, MLA to request access to the relevant cabinet documents.

(2) On 16 April 2014, by way of a press release by Hon Mike Nahan, MLA, the then Minister for Energy.

(3) Yes. I seek leave to have the following information incorporated into Hansard.

Leave granted.

[See page 3511.]