Broad unexpectedly quit as chief executive of Snowy Hydro in August as tensions escalated with federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen,including over Labor’s insistence the new Kurri Kurri gas plant in the Hunter uses green hydrogen.
His departure also came as the project faced significant delays and budget blowouts.
Broad,who was appointed by Perrottet while Kean was overseas at the United Nations climate summit,has been a critic of NSW’s energy road map,which provides long-term contracts for renewable generation and grid services.
Broad has called the plan,devised by Kean,“fundamentally flawed”. He also backed the former federal government in its push for a large new gas-fired power plant in the Hunter.
Kean read about Broad’s appointment on Twitter while he was on a plane.