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Media releases

12 July 2016
King Island storm damage and power outage

***Information is current as of 3.30pm, Wednesday 13 July*** Hydro Tasmania is working round-the-clock to restore power to about 500 affected customers on King Island.

11 July 2016
Entura helping AusNet Services with stakeholder engagement for transmission line upgrade

Specialist power and water consulting firm Entura has been appointed by AusNet Services to deliver community and stakeholder engagement strategy development and implementation support for the Moorabool to Ballarat Transmission Line Upgrade.

30 June 2016
Entura boosts dams engineering capability with new appointments

Specialist power and water consulting firm Entura has welcomed two new senior dams engineering specialists to its internationally renowned team.

27 June 2016
New Director appointed to Hydro Tasmania Board

Hydro Tasmania’s Chairman, Grant Every-Burns, today announced the appointment of a new Director to the Hydro Tasmania Board.

26 June 2016
BSI electricity price rise limited to inflation

The annual price rise for electricity on the Bass Strait islands has been kept in line with inflation (Consumer Price Index).

26 June 2016
yingina / Great Lake boat ramps re-opened

With water levels having recovered sufficiently, Hydro Tasmania has re-opened all boat launching ramps on yingina / Great Lake.

21 June 2016
Goldwind appoints Entura as independent advisor on White Rock Wind Farm

Specialist power and water consulting firm Entura has been appointed by Goldwind Australia to provide independent advice during the construction of the 175 MW White Rock Wind Farm.

19 June 2016
Financial impact on Hydro Tasmania of response to energy supply challenge

Hydro Tasmania today outlined the financial impact on the business of record low inflows from September 2015 to April 2016, combined with the six-month Basslink outage, in evidence to the Public Accounts Committee of the Tasmanian Parliament.

16 June 2016
Submission to Public Accounts Committee

Hydro Tasmania has lodged a detailed submission to the Public Accounts Committee’s (PAC) inquiry into the state’s energy businesses.

12 June 2016
Basslink return to service - BPL statement

Hydro Tasmania has welcomed the return to service of the Basslink interconnector which has been out of service since 20 December 2015.