Environmental Licences and Monitoring

All Delta Electricity facilities must comply with the environmental protection legislation in NSW. Each power station holds licences under the Protection on the Environment Operations Act 1997. Delta's licences specify the terms and conditions under which each site can operate detailing the limits on emissions deemed polluting to the atmosphere and to lakes and rivers for all designated discharge points at each power station. The licence also outlines a monitoring regime for specific substances from each discharge point. It deems noise and odour as pollutants, and Delta is required to keep a register of any complaint relating to noise, dust, odour or discharges into water.

The Protection of the Environment Operations Act Amendment Act 2012 requires Delta to publish environmental monitoring data from 1 July 2012.Monitoring data and incident management plans for each power station are available on the left menu.