Hydro Tasmania and the State Government have a plan to manage energy supply and that plan is being implemented.

Tasmania is facing an unprecedented set of circumstances that are providing significant challenges for Hydro Tasmania in the provision of energy supply to the State. But this is a challenge we are facing head on. There was no prior warning of two events with extremely low likelihood.

An update on the energy supply situation was provided on 14 March by the Energy Minister Matthew Groom.

An update on Tasmania’s energy security was provided on 8 March by Matthew Groom, Minister for Energy, during the first sitting of Parliament.

Hydro Tasmania has confirmed today that Tasmania was importing energy at the time the Basslink cable tripped on 20 December 2015. Statements to the contrary are incorrect.

Site works have begun to enable the installation of around 20 megawatts (MW) of temporary diesel generation at Port Latta. The work is part of Hydro Tasmania’s statewide effort to protect and secure Tasmania’s energy needs in response to the combination of several months of unprecedented low inflows and an extended Basslink outage.

An update on the Energy Supply Plan was provided on 7 March by the Energy Minister Matthew Groom and Hydro Tasmania.

An update on Basslink was provided on 8 March by Basslink Pty Ltd.

Hydro Tasmania has welcomed today’s announcement by the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) that it will allow the start of operation of temporary diesel generators at Catagunya Power Station.

Hydro Tasmania has reached an agreement with Norske Skog that will help Tasmania manage the current unprecedented low water storage situation, due to low inflows and the current Basslink outage.