Hydro Tasmania
Power station Max . Capacity ( MW ) Turbines
Bastyan 79.9 1
Butlers Gorge 12.2 1
Catagunya 48 2
Cethana 90 1
Cluny 17 1
Devils Gate 60 1
Fisher 43.2 1
Gordon 432 3
John Butters 144 1
Lake Echo 32.4 1
Lemonthyme 51 1
Liapootah 87.3 3
Mackintosh 79.9 1
Meadowbank 40 1
Paloona 28 1
Poatina 300 6
Reece 231.2 2
Repulse 28 1
Rowallan 10.5 1
Tarraleah 90 6
Power Stations -- Hydroelectric
Hydro Tasmania, known for most of its history as the Hydro-Electric Commission or The Hydro, is the trading name of the Hydro-Electric Corporation, a Tasmanian Government business enterprise which is the predominant electricity generator in the state of Tasmania, Australia. The Hydro was originally oriented towards hydro-electricity, due to Tasmania's dramatic topography and relatively high rainfall in the central and western parts of the state. Today Hydro Tasmania operates thirty hydro-electric and one gas power station, and is a joint owner in three wind farms. The Minister for Energy, currently the Hon. Guy Barnett MP, has portfolio responsibility for Hydro Tasmania. Hydro Tasmania operates under the Government Business Enterprises (GBE) Act 1995 and the Hydro-Electric Corporation Act 1995, and has a reporting requirement to the Treasurer of Tasmania, currently the Hon. Peter Gutwein MP. Hydro Tasmania was projected to pay the Tasmania Government a dividend of 42 million in 2016.