New South Wales Prime Minister Appoints Paul Broad as Energy ‘Special Advisor’ – Energy Minister Secrets New South Wales Politics
of New South Wales Prime Minister Dominique Perrotet has appointed veteran energy officer Paul Broad as special adviser. The appointment surprised the state’s energy minister.
Perrotet announced Broad’s appointment on Friday During a 2GB radio interview, surprised some within the government. Guardian Australia understands that the state’s Energy Minister and Treasurer Matt Keane, who was attending the COP27 climate negotiations held in Egypt, was not informed in advance.
Perrottet described Broad as a “special advisor” reporting to him on energy and said he had worked with him in the past when he was head of infrastructure NSW.
“There are few people in this country who know more about energy, infrastructure, engineering and water than Paul Broad,” he said. “I want the smartest people to give me advice on how to get these things.” [energy projects such as Santos’s Narrabri gasfield] It’s working. ”
Asked if it was a “slap in the face” for Keane, Perrotet said, “It didn’t look like it.”
Broad previously headed Snowy Hydro, a federally-owned entity that manages enormous hydroelectric power plants in the Australian Alps. he left office in August In the report, the company’s $5.9 billion pumped storage project faced delays and budget shortfalls.
Broad has also reportedly clashed with Federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen over public comments about Snowy’s $600 million-plus Cricket gas plant, which is currently under construction in the Hunter region of New South Wales. The question is whether hydrogen will be available as a fuel source to supplement fossil gas when power plants come online in 2024.
The Free Peoples-led NSW Government, Renewable Energy Roadmap Two years ago, with the backing of Labor, the Greens and some cross-ventures. It aims to attract $32 billion in new renewable energy and storage projects to ensure sufficient electricity supply to cope with the retirement of aging coal-fired power plants.
Since then, plans by Origin Energy have Accelerate the closure of Ellering Power Station 7 years until 2025, Doubts about whether Piper Mountain With power plants near Lithgow running beyond 2030, there is an urgent need to add more renewable energy to the grid.
Guardian Australia has reached out to Broad, Keane, Acting Energy Minister, James Griffin and Bowen for comment.
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