Joseph Muscat proposes night tariffs in 2008, and mocks them in 2013 (and his wife says she does the laundry at night)

Published: March 7, 2013 at 2:46pm




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  1. Jozef says:
    March 7, 2013 at 3:04 pm

    And he managed to get it wrong as well. The night tariff makes sense when the cost of generation is low.

    Transferring demand to keep the turbines running wouldn’t have reduced generation costs.

    It boils down to the price of fuel and economies of scale.

    Simon was right when he said that with an interconnector, it can be extended across all 24 hours.

    Which is why Labour have resorted to the latest lie, that the interconnector won’t be ready before 2015, when the plan is to have it in place early next year.

    Perversely enough, the only excuse to reduce tariffs in 2014 and hand 600 million euros of our money to their sponsors.

    They’ll waste 200 clean MW from Sicily to build a power station delivering the same amount.

    And AD ignore all this, maintaining an equidistant stance from commonsense on the one hand and fraud on the other.

    That makes them useful idiots looking for a seat in parliament. I call them liars.

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  2. Wilson says:
    March 7, 2013 at 3:49 pm

    Could you kindly provide a link to this video?

    Thanks.

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  3. Gahan says:
    March 7, 2013 at 5:49 pm

    It should be called the off peak tariff because in some countries it is applicable also for weekends and holidays.

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  4. Linda Kveen says:
    March 7, 2013 at 6:53 pm

    ” and his wife says she does the laundry at night.” I guess she doesn’t have to worry about her sex life being interrupted.

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  5. Allamana says:
    March 7, 2013 at 9:58 pm

    The link below should answer everybody’s curiosity about 10 year gas supply contracts.

    The executive summary’s 1st para says it all.

    “”

    ICF International 6/09/2011 1

    Long-term Contracting for Natural Gas: Examination of the Issues that Affect the Potential for the Increased Use of Contracting to Stabilize Consumer Prices
    Bruce B. Henning Vice President, Energy Regulatory and Market Analysis ICF International

    Executive Summary

    One important feature of current natural gas markets is a heavy reliance on relatively short-term contracts for the purchase of the commodity. When contrasted with the contract practices that existed 25 or 30 years ago, the extent of the changes in the nature of the market becomes clear. Prior to the restructuring of the industry, gas supply contracts often had terms of 10 years or more whereas today they are typically less than three years.
    “”

    http://bipartisanpolicy.org/sites/default/files/Henning%20Long-Term%20Contracting.pdf

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  6. Silvio farrugia says:
    March 7, 2013 at 10:07 pm

    AD are the only ones saying what should be said .Also after all these years they are not called tree huggers anymore or pessimistic when talking about the environment..the two parties are saying what AD said years ago.

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