Hydro exemption from water standards risks two-tier regime - Trustpower

Hydro exemption from water standards risks two-tier regime - Trustpower
Gavin Evans
By Gavin Evans Sept. 9 (BusinessDesk) - Exempting the country’s major hydro catchments from new controls on fresh water quality appears arbitrary and runs the risk of putting disproportionate scrutiny on smaller schemes, Trustpower chief executive Vince Hawksworth says. The proposal – to allow councils to accept lower water quality in rivers hosting major dams – is intended to maintain flexibility for the country’s biggest providers of renewable energy. But officials acknowledged the move is a compromise that could be unfair to producers...

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