ESG originally entered into the MoU with Babcock & Brown Australia Infrastructure (now Prime Infrastructure) in November 2007. It was based on a long-term supply of up to 40 petajoules per annum (PJ/a) of coal seam gas (CSG) from the Narrabri CSG Project for use in the power station.

National Power has a selective asset purchase agreement with Prime Infrastructure covering certain jointly-developed generating projects.

ESG Managing Director David Casey welcomed National Power’s involvement in the proposed northern NSW gas power station and associated gas pipeline.

He said “National Power’s involvement brings a refocused approach to the proposed power station project which has unfortunately been delayed following the collapse of Babcock & Brown.”