9 December 2025 (IEEFA Australia): IEEFA offers the following statement regarding analysis that was attributed to us in recent media articles.
On 30 October 2025, several Australian newspapers published the article ETU reveals massive gap in Qld coal power maintenance budget. The article reports on comments made by Peter Ong, QLD/NT State Secretary of the Electrical Trades Union (ETU), during an appearance before a Queensland parliamentary hearing.
Mr Ong is reported to have cited IEEFA analysis regarding the maintenance bill for coal generators in Queensland. However, the figures were ETU analysis, as detailed in the ETU submission to the QLD Governance, Energy and Finance Committee Energy Roadmap Amendment Bill 2025. This ETU analysis drew upon IEEFA historical coal generator refurbishment cost figures from our April 2025 report Delaying coal power exits: A risk we can’t afford.
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