Damning report into 2021 Callide C power station explosion find CS Energy failed to implement ‘effective safety practices’
Queensland’s Energy Minister claims he was provided the ‘incorrect advice’ by former executives at CS Energy about maintenance work at a central Queensland power station. It comes amid the continuing fallout from a draft report into the 2021 Power Plant explosion at Callide.
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00:00The energy minister under pressure after a damning report into the cause of the
00:07Kallide power station explosion. We might just jump straight into question
00:11shall we? In 2021 a power unit at the facility exploded causing mass blackouts
00:17but a draft report by Dr. Sean Brady released earlier this week highlighted a
00:23maintenance backlog. The minister today claimed he was given the wrong advice by
00:28former CS Energy executives. What I was told was that all of the statutory and
00:36other maintenance that was required to be done was done. The CEO and the chair
00:39told me that repeatedly. The advice you were given was not true. Well I think I
00:43think it was incorrect. Senior Labor figure and former Brisbane Lord Mayor
00:47Jim Soorley resigned as chair of CS Energy last year after eight years in
00:53the job. Andrew Bills also departed last year after serving as the CEO. In light
00:59of Mr. Debrenny's claims the ABC contacted both for comment. Mr. Soorley
01:05declined while a spokeswoman for Mr. Bills directed the ABC to CS Energy
01:11which also declined to comment. The opposition says the energy minister
01:17should be held to account for his comments. It's our strong view that the
01:21actions of Minister Debrenny in misleading the Parliament should be
01:26looked at by Parliament's powerful Ethics Committee.