{"id":30003,"date":"2017-03-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/bhp-s-grim-warning-for-south-australia\/"},"modified":"2017-03-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T00:00:00","slug":"bhp-s-grim-warning-for-south-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/bhp-s-grim-warning-for-south-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"BHP\u2019s grim WARNING for South Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Asked on FIVEAA whether the state\u2019s power situation could get worse before it gets better, BHP\u2019s head of Olympic Dam said \u201cabsolutely\u201d.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cSince July of this year there\u2019s been four key issues that have played out in this state,\u201d Jacqui McGill told FIVEAA breakfast.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/au\/podcast\/david-and-will\/id1167323375?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>David and Will podcast on iTunes here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ms McGill said the issues were price spikes, outages, load shedding and also the \u201cdivergence in price between South Australia and Victoria\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCurrently prices are 50 per cent higher, and if you look forward to the further decrease of base load generation in Victoria, our concern is that those prices are going to go higher,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday BHP released details of a plan to fix the state\u2019s power supply problems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re actually about providing solutions to this very serious situation,\u201d Ms McGill said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The BHP plan includes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Repealing state-based renewable energy targets.<br><br \/>\n\t&#8211; Incentivising generators to provide base load generation in SA.<br><br \/>\n\t&#8211; Scrapping gas exploration bans.<br><br \/>\n\t&#8211; Ensuring power infrastructure in SA \u201cto ensure that it is fit-for-purpose to prevent a reoccurrence of the events that contributed to the \u2018black system\u2019 event in September 2016\u2019\u2019.<br><br \/>\n\t&#8211; Examining transmission infrastructure between Adelaide and Davenport and interconnector capacity between SA and Victoria.<br><br \/>\n\t&#8211; Ceasing the debate over renewables versus fossil fuels.<\/p>\n<h3>MOST POPULAR<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/ouch-commentator-smacks-afl-fans-with-brutal-reality\"><strong>OUCH! 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