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Coalition takes stick to renewables and ACT By John Mitchell Federal and State Coalition members have vowed to fight an ACT Government decision to boost investment in renewable energy projects. Surrounding local government leaders, however, have been more nuanced in their responses. Federal Member for Hume Angus Taylor said the ACT’s announcement that it would achieve 90% of its 2020 emissions target through renewable projects was green policy gone mad. “The first casualties will be Canberra businesses and Canberra homes. I challenge Simon Corbell [ACT Minister for the Environment] to admit that wholesale electricity prices will triple under his plan. And this doesn’t include extra charges
the NSW Government will be applying for taking baseload power out of the NSW system when the wind doesn’t blow,” Mr Taylor said. State Member for Monaro John Barilaro challenged his colleague, the NSW Parliamentary Secretary for Renewable Energy Rob Stokes, over his support for the ACT Government's announcement. "I'm sick and tired of NSW being ACT's junkyard," Mr Barilaro said. "The ACT's policies come at the expense of NSW landowners. It's simply not acceptable. Regional and rural communities are strongly opposed to wind farms. Without broad community support for these developments they should never be approved."
State Member for Burrinjuck Katrina Hodgkinson said she had been strongly opposed to inappropriately sited wind farms in this region for more than a decade. “Now the ACT Government is trying to override local community concerns,” she said. State Member for Goulburn
“..the decision by various Coalition MPs and local councils to fight the decision of the ACT Govt.. indicates an ignorance of climate science.”
Pru Goward opposes wind farms, but is leaving the door open for other renewables. “The ACT is welcome to look at solar and bio energy schemes but wind farms are a different matter. [But] our communities won’t be pushed around and made to bear the cost of the ACT Government’s expensive bid for green votes,” Pru Goward said. Yass Valley Mayor Rowena Abbey said: “Right across southern NSW.. communities are really angry about these projects. It would do the ACT Government well to recognise the level of angst,” she said. Goulburn Mayor Geoff Kettle said the ACT Government can go down this track, but it shouldn't be at the expense of
surrounding communities. “I encourage Canberra families and businesses wanting to take advantage of lower living and energy costs to consider a move to Goulburn Mulwaree. You will be welcomed with open arms.” Palerang Mayor Pete Harrison said that his Council had adopted an interim policy some years ago that wind farms are more appropriate in remote locations away from houses and especially rural residential developments. "It’s probably no surprise that landholders who receive financial benefit from these projects have a different view than those who don’t. Schemes that involve a direct, ongoing financial benefit to local residents seem to have yielded more generally positive results elsewhere, but we are
yet to see any such proposal locally. Either way, the impact on local residents should be a primary consideration in siting any such facility." Climate Action Monaro president Jenny Goldie said the decision by various Coalition MPs and local councils to fight the decision of the ACT Government that is aiming for 90 per cent renewables by 2020 indicates an ignorance of climate science. “What we are hearing from our scientists is that we are on track for four degrees warming or worse and that we must shift rapidly from a high carbon too a low carbon economy. This means not only behavioural change, such as travelling less and eating locally, it means shifting electricity generation to P2
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