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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1998 Week 2 Hansard (21 May) . . Page.. 526 ..

specific aspects arising from it being a NSW-based scheme rather than a coordinated national one.

In this context, I note that the SEDA scheme has as its aim to facilitate the installation of new green electricity generators in NSW. ACTEW, like the ACT Government, considers that green generation in other jurisdictions, including the ACT, has no less merit than NSW based activities.

Whilst the ACT Government encourages ACTEW to continue its discussions with SEDA, it will not encourage ACTEW to do things for cosmetic purposes that may not be in the best interests of ACTEW or the broader ACT community.

I also note that ACTEW has established a Green Power scheme, the benefits of which are captured in the ACT and all related expenditure is intended to be in the ACT.

Already ACTEW has contracted for landfill gas generated electricity as a major contribution to green power in the ACT and is developing mini-hydro generation as a further source of greenpower within the ACT.

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