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Originally Posted by AndrewJ
I hear this morning that a Govt minister is blaming the 4 major power retailers, as base load was available, but their ( non maintained ) infrastructure broke down in localised areas.
Be interesting to see what the real truth is.
Either way, the Govt selling these assets to people who only want to make money ( and proper maintenace costs ) has to come into the mix.
It wasnt even as hot as expected, yet the system still died.
Andrew
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Governments will always blame the suppliers for their own poor planning. Look at the situation in South Australia, where everyone except the state government was blamed. Privatisation of public utilities is brought on by several 'opportunities' for the governments:
It gives them someone to blame.
It offloads a heavily unionised workforce into a private sector problem.
It may provide a quick source of cash for their fearher-bedding projects designed to get re-elected.