Delta pleads not guilty to causing mass fish kill
The operator of Vales Point Power Station, Delta Electricity, pleaded not guilty in court on Friday, April 19, over a distressing mass fish kill incident at Mannering Park in 2022. …
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How much more of this power station debacle?
Whether it’s Vales Point or Eraring power stations or the former Lake Munmorah power station, they all have in many ways impacted on our environment and statistics show impacts on…
Vales Point Power Station review open to public
NSW Environment Protection Authority CEO Tony Chappel will address a public meeting of community action group Future Sooner at 12.30pm on Friday, December 1, at Chain Valley Bay community hall….
EPA to prosecute Delta Electricity over fish kill
Residents and environmentalist are applauding an announcement this week that the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is to prosecute Delta Electricity in relation to a fish kill near the Vales…
UN rep to meet with Coast community over coal ash dams
The United Nations Special Rapporteur, Dr Marcus Orellana, has agreed to meet with the Future Sooner group and interested community members on August 29 to discuss concerns over the environmental…
Power station to stay for another four years
The coal-fired Vales Point Power Station at Mannering Park could stay open four years beyond its scheduled closure – now 2033 instead of 2029 – following a “reassessment” update issued…
Changing of the guard at Delta Group
Richard Wrightson is the new Chief Executive of the Delta Group of companies including Delta Electricity and Delta Coal. The Group encompasses Vales Point Power Station and Chain Valley and…
Shorter deadline to cut power station emissions
The NSW Environment Protection Authority has given Delta Electricity a two-year deadline to comply with tighter emission controls for nitrogen oxides, imposed on Vales Point Power Station last December. Delta…
EPA decision fair says Future Sooner
Local environment group, Future Sooner, has congratulated the Environmental Protection Authority on its decision to reduce the Vales Point coal-fired power station’s exemption licence from five years to two. Future…
Groundswell of opposition to power station sale
Eleven community groups have joined forces in a groundswell of local opposition to the sale of Vales Point Power Station to Czech company, Sev.en Global Investments. In September Sunset Power…
Greens call for government to come clean over Delta sale
Environmental groups and the Central Coast Greens are calling on the NSW Government for full transparency about any informal agreements regarding the operation of Vales Point Power Station, following the…
Power station investigated over fish kills
The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) announced on Tuesday that Vales Point Power Station is being investigated over two separate fish kills at Wyee Bay in a month. An EPA spokesperson…
More dead fish in Wyee Bay
The Hunter Community Environment Centre has called on Delta Electricity to explain why the second fish kill in one month has taken place in Wyee Bay at Mannering Park. In…
Water temperature, weather caused mass fish kill – EPA
The Environment Protection Authority claims that the outcome of fish autopsy analysis has reinforced its previous findings that the mass fish kill in Lake Macquarie at Mannering Park was a…
Mysterious mass fish kill at Vales Point
Locals around Lake Macquarie were devastated on Friday (August 5) to discover large numbers of fish washed up dead on the shoreline in mysterious circumstances. “We’re not talking about a…
Citizen science at work in Mannering Park
A citizen science day to investigate the impacts of power stations thermal pollution on seagrass in Lake Macquarie will be held at Mannering Park on Saturday, August 6. This is…
Vales Point owner St Baker sees fortune rocket
Trevor St Baker, who along with Brian Flannery, Managing Director of ASX listed White Energy Company Limited, purchased Vales Point power station for $1M in 2015, has once again made The Australian Rich List coming in at number 100 of a list of 150 people.
Environmental lawyers caution EPA for “unlawful” Vales Point license decision
Environmental lawyers have cautioned the NSW EPA that its decision to give Delta Electricity a pollution exemption in December last year is “unlawful”.
Delta clarifies statement Vales Point will remain open until 2049
Delta Energy has further clarified its position on the longevity of Vales Point following a comment made to The Australian by its boss stating that it is looking to extend the power station’s life for 20 years beyond 2029.
Eraring closure has no impact on future of Vales Point
Delta Energy’s plans for Vales Point power station at Mannering Park will go unchanged despite the announcement by Origin Energy that it will close Eraring – Australia’s largest power station – seven years early.