AGL, the owner of Liddell Power Station, is fined $15,000 by the NSW Environmental Protection Authority after allegedly exceeding the licensed solid particles concentration limit for emissions from one of the power station’s four boilers in August to September 2020, in breach of Liddell’s Environment Protection Licence.
AGL Macquarie Pty Limited, operator of Bayswater Power Station, enters into an Enforceable Undertaking worth $1.1 million with the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) following an incident involving 1,440 cubic metres of fly ash slurry being released, and the pollution of a local creek.
Delta Electricity, the owner of Vales Point Power Station, is fined $30,000 by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA), following alleged breaches at Vales Point Power Station when contaminated material, including asbestos, was allegedly spread on the site.
Data is approximate, calculated using AEMO generation and Clean Energy Regulator emissions data for December 2019.
Yallourn Coal Power Station reports releasing 407kg of mercury & compounds in the year to 30 June 2019, the second largest amount of any Australian power station.
The NSW Environment Protection Authority alleges Bayswater Coal Power Station did not comply with a licence condition on 8 occasions, in reference to exceedance of pH (upper limit) due to multiple events “such as broken pipes, blowdown condenser tube leaks, etc”.
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) issues 2 penalty notices of $15,000 each to the owner of Bayswater Power Station. After a low pH reading was discovered in a creek on 24 November 2015, it was reported that approximately 6,000 litres of sulphuric acid had entered the stormwater system.