EnergyAustralia has been engaging and listening to community feedback for several years, producing a consultation report for the initial scoping (2015) and an additional consultation report for the updated scoping (2020).
As we start this new conversation with the community, we would like to reflect on what has been heard to date and invite members of the community to validate, discuss or add to the matters identified below.
We think batteries would be better than gas to provide stored energy from renewables.
We need more time and opportunities to understand the project.
You have taken a long-time to develop the project and we are not sure it will go ahead.
We would like to understand what we will see in the landscape, particularly the height of the stacks.
Fresh air is important to us as a rural community, and we need to know how a power station manages air quality.
Our rural community is peaceful, and we need to see noise modelling for construction and operations.
Construction would need reliable roads and create a lot of truck movements – we would like to understand safety, maintenance and road upgrades required.
Our community is growing fast, and housing is a challenge. We need assurance that the workforce won’t impact rent or motel availability.
We enjoy the wildlife and the Wollondilly River and need to understand how these would be protected and how any impacts would be managed.
We are listening.
Feedback is received from the community and stakeholders which is then used to inform the project including the design, mitigations and construction methodology.
Through ongoing engagement and continuous listening, EnergyAustralia has applied feedback in the following ways:
Energy Australia acknowledges that the site of the proposed Marulan Gas Fired Power Station project is on the traditional Country of the Gandangara People. We recognise their continued connection to land, waterways and community, and we pay our respects to Elders past and present.