The long and winding road to tariff reform
By Mark Byrne on 6 February 2018
In first of three articles on electricity network tariff reform, we look at Tariff Structure Statements, and why you should care about them.
Category: Energy Markets
Tasmania wants to quit “broken” NEM as major parties agree it needs reform
By Sophie Vorrath on 5 February 2018
Tasmania’s Liberal government flags plan to quit NEM, as bipartisan Parliamentary report concludes electricity market is broken, needs rebuilding.
Know your NEM week: Debate shifts to dispatchable renewables
By David Leitch on 5 February 2018
Bond price jump may hit renewable energy projects; state Labor governments under threat; and debate shifts to dispatchable renewable energy.
Greens call to buy back the grid, in power play against ALP
By Sophie Vorrath on 2 February 2018
Australian Greens call on federal Labor to take a stance on ownership of the nation’s electricity grid, after unveiling a policy proposal that would seek to return it to public hands.
Australia wind and solar projects: 2018 starts with a claret run
By David Leitch on 2 February 2018
About 800MW of utility-scale renewable projects confirmed in the past six weeks. That’s a pretty hot run-rate. And while the excitement has largely been about PV, the growth of wind is quite significant.
Is there anything good to say about NEG? New report says no
By Sophie Vorrath on 2 February 2018
New report says Turnbull government’s proposed National Energy Guarantee would fail in all of its stated goals, particularly that of boosting energy system security. On this, it says the approach proposed in the NEG “has no precedent in any power system anywhere, ever.”
NSW Coalition government hints at Liddell intervention. Seriously?
By Sophie Vorrath & Giles Parkinson on 1 February 2018
NSW Premier suggests intervening in Liddell closure as way of “guaranteeing cheap and reliable electricity” for state.
Arizona mulls biggest storage mandate as it aims for 80% renewables
By Sophie Vorrath on 1 February 2018
Arizona – a Republican Party stronghold – is poised to take the lead on energy storage as it mulls an 80 per cent clean energy target by 2050.
Disappointing Reliability Review highlights failings of AEMC
By David Leitch on 31 January 2018
See no problems, hear no problems, do very little. We read the AEMC’s Reliability review in the hope of finding some interesting ideas. We didn’t.
Q&A: How will China’s new carbon trading scheme work?
By Jocelyn Timperley on 31 January 2018
China has unveiled some details of its much-anticipated emissions trading scheme, confirming its move to a national carbon market after several years of regional pilots projects.
Renewable Energy Market Report: A cat among the pigeons
Following a generally stable end to 2017, forecasts suggesting the LRET will be met by 2020 have drawn a mixed reaction in the LGC market across January.