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Strategic Asset Management: DEVELOP STRATEGIES FOR ASSET PORTFOLIOS

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The following strategic options may be considered by an asset manager or asset owner: • Construct & Renewal • Maintenance • Disposal • Reduce Costs (Asset related cost reduction strategie... s) • Non asset solutions • Increase revenue sources • Outsourcing / Lease • Partnering • Privatisation Sale of Electricity Generators – Arguments Presented Higher Prices • Electricity prices have skyrocketed to an all-time high under privatisation in Victoria with consumers facing a 17% price hike from 1 January 2008. Can you or your business afford to pay more for electricity? Less Reliable Services • In Auckland, New Zealand a privatised power system delivered a series of failures that caused the entire network to collapse for two months. What would rolling blackouts mean for your family or business? Jobs Sent Offshore • When Hong-Kong based TRU-Energy purchased electricity assets in Victoria more than 500 customers service jobs were sent offshore to India. Do you want to dial another country to log problems and seek assistance if you are experiencing a power crisis? Climate Change • Private energy companies in Victoria have put profits ahead of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and stopping climate change by encouraging households to use more energy than they actually need. Proposed Solution • The NSW Government can meet our power needs by upgrading our existing power stations such as Mount Piper and Bayswater. When these power stations were first designed they were intended to produce double the electricity they do now. However, because electricity demand did not grow as fast as expected they were never fully completed. Upgrading Mount Piper and Bayswater power stations could be done faster than building new ones and would mean that more money could be put to encouraging renewable energies. [Show More]

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