ENERGY output . The turbines are running far more efficiently and that ’ s added enormously to our value ,” said Broad .
“ Secondly , we ’ ve integrated these machines with a centralised control room . In the past , all these plants were run individually and now they ’ re centralised so we can dispatch electricity faster and more efficiently and make this work seamlessly across the whole suite of generation assets we have .”
NEW MARKETS Recent acquisitions have also allowed Snowy Hydro to bolster its energy retail business . The company has invested almost one billion dollars in acquisitions in recent years to grow its customer base and expand generation assets , including acquiring energy retail company Lumo Energy in late 2014 and integrating it with its successful Red Energy business .
The combination of Red and Lumo has helped Snowy Hydro nearly double the size of its retail business to almost one million customer accounts and become the fourth largest energy retailer in the NEM . “ Red Energy has been part of our
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