Two major electricity users – Bell Bay Aluminium (BBA) and Temco – have been forced to ration power.

BBA announced on Thursday it had come to an agreement with Hydro Tasmania to reduce its energy consumption by 10per cent for up to five months to help ease dam storage levels.

The economic regulator, which controls power prices in Tasmania, said the process of retailers such as Aurora purchasing electricity from generators was regulated and wouldn’t be impacted.

The Australian Energy Market Operator has also said there was no forecast electricity supply shortfalls predicted for Tasmania as a result of the Basslink outage.

Hobart zinc smelter Nyrstar is in similar rationing talks with Hydro, and a spokeswoman said ‘‘a range of options’’ were being considered.

Tasmanian Minerals and Energy Council chief executive Wayne Bould said he was aware that all industrials were having discussions with Hydro.

‘‘That’s all being conducted in a spirit of goodwill,’’ he said.

Mr Bould said it was a ‘‘reasonable ask’’ that the major users help to ease the energy situation.

‘‘It’s not appropriate to bury your head in the sand, and it’s not a finger-pointing game,’’ he said.

He said the best thing to do was review the situation and learn from it.

‘‘It’s time to understand the likelihood of it recurring and what one might do in the future to mitigate some of the issues earlier.

‘‘There are always better ways of dealing with things once you have the benefit of hindsight.’’

Meanwhile, the Tasmanian Greens have unveiled the second part of their energy strategy, which includes the creation of an independent statutory body to secure investment in renewable energy.

‘‘Tasmania is missing out on the billions of dollars that are being spent in other states, and that could be going into jobs and increasing our security,’’ Greens energy spokeswoman Rosalie Woodruff said.