Power plant secrecy stoush could delay $700 million of public...

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    Power plant secrecy stoush could delay $700 million of public projects, SA Government says

    By political reporter Nick Harmsen
    Posted yesterday at 5:14pm

    The South Australian Government claims $700 million worth of water, transport and hospital infrastructure projects could be delayed because of a political stand-off over the cost of creating a state-owned power station.
    The Liberal Opposition is seeking to use Parliament's Public Works Committee to force the Government to reveal the cost of buying nine turbine generators, which the Government intends to use to build a 276 megawatt back-up power plant.
    The Government is refusing to outline the precise cost of the generators — which are currently installed under a lease agreement at Elizabeth and Lonsdale — citing the terms of its contract with the generators' owner APR Energy.
    Liberal MPs David Pisoni and Peter Treloar staged a walk out of last week's Public Works Committee meeting after Labor committee members rejected the Liberals' push to bring the power plant project back before the committee.
    Mr Pisoni, the shadow infrastructure minister, has flagged his intention to recall the power plant project when the committee meets again on Thursday.

    All of it:

    http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-...plant-secrecy-stoush/9256556?section=business
 
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