Mount Isa’s electricity system (formally, the North West Power System) is unique in Australia. It is large; supplying over 20,000 residents and some of the world’s most productive mines and minerals processing operations. It uses about the same amount of power as the entire east coast north of Townsville. And it underpins billions in economic output and tens of thousands of jobs provided by Queensland’s minerals industry.
However, the North West Power System (NWPS) also has some of the …