[Waverley ARS] Aurora Pulls The Plug on BPL

[bob at box701.com]

> ABC news reported today that Tasmanian electricity retailer, Aurora 
> Energy, is planning to end its Tasmanian BPL trial.
>
> The Aurora Chief Executive, Peter Davis, is reported to have said that 
> Aurora’s BPL trial “does not have the resources to maintain its viability”, 
> and “certainly it hasn't been a good money-making exercise for
> Aurora”.
>
> Aurora spent about $2 million since the inception of the trial in 2004, 
> and during that time has seriously addressed the interference aspects of 
> BPL with some success. However at the end of the day it appears that the 
> economics in an increasingly competitive environment just didn’t stack up 
> for BPL in Tasmania.
>
> Naturally that won’t be the end of BPL in Australia with several mainland 
> trials continuing and possibly more planned, and it is not certain at this 
> stage what will happen to the existing installed BPL infrastructure.
>
> The ABC news story can be read at:
>
> http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/11/27/2102466.htm
>
> Phil Wait
> Director, WIA