Environment
Energy consumption by primary fuel source
Consumption of brown coal decreased in FY22 due to outages affecting operations at Loy Yang A Power Station, whilst consumption of black coal increased due to the recovery from outages at Bayswater and Liddell power stations in FY21. Decreased natural gas combustion in FY22 was driven by the mothballing of the A3 and B1 units at AGL Torrens and reduced generation at Somerton and Kwinana Swift power stations.
Notes
Energy consumption data has been determined in accordance with the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 and its supporting legislative framework that has been produced (and is periodically updated) by the Australian Federal Government.
Energy consumption includes all instances where fuels are combusted, or otherwise consumed by AGL's activities (including flaring, venting and degradation of energy commodities). However, the reported values do not include situations where fuel commodities are used as a feedstock (e.g. in the manufacture of LPG), or where the commodities are not significantly altered by the consumption (such as the consumption of wind, water and solar energy).
Energy consumption has been rounded to the nearest TJ.
Data comprises energy consumed at our operated facilities, and does not include energy purchased through the wholesale market which is sold to our customers.
FY22 data was updated in November 2022. Data was not available at the time of the initial release of the FY22 ESG Data Centre on 19 August 2022.
GRI Reference: 302-1