Premier Danny Williams told a VOCM audience this evening the energy plan - 10 years in the making - will be delayed until spring, at the earliest.
He said the gas royalty regime will likely be split off from the plan and announced separately.
In the wake of the Hebron failure, Premier Danny Williams said the gas royalty regime - which at that time had to be included in the energy plan would be released, along with the energy plan, in late 2006.
Times change.
The energy plan - dating from the late 1990s when Brian Tobin was Premier - has languished inside the energy department ever since.