I admit, it's pro-forma again, but I still agree with the content. Usually government departments don't write back to mass letters like this, and if they do they also like a bit of cut and paste action...
Dear Premier Baillieu,
Victoria needs to increase its investment in clean renewable energy – not run it out of the state. Victoria needs wind energy.
Wind energy has become a viable energy alternative, but your government’s proposed planning restrictions will effectively send billions of dollars in regional investment and thousands of new jobs interstate.
Many wind farm companies, such as Pacific Hydro and Keppel Prince have already said that they will move their operations interstate if your proposed restrictions become law. Overly cumbersome planning restrictions will mean that when the Federal government sets stronger renewable energy targets, all new investment will go interstate.
Don’t make it harder to build a wind farm than dig a coal mine or build a freeway. It doesn’t make sense for Victoria from an economic or environmental view point.
Scrap the proposed 2km rule and base planning controls on scientifically verifiable impacts on landholders.
Will you lead us into a clean energy future, or keep Victoria reliant on brown coal for 90% of our energy needs?
Come on Ted - what is your policy on climate change anyway?
Sincerely,
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