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Networks to spend another $50bn on Australia’s dumb and dumber grid
Energy market analysts and consumer advocates slam plans to let Australia’s ‘dinosaur’ electricity networks spend another $50bn on poles and wires in the next five years, saying it will result in a bigger, dumber grid that is less prepared than ever for the low-carbon revolution.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 30, 2015

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Networks: Compulsory fees not 1st preference, rapid depreciation is
Networks say they don’t really want to penalise people for leaving the grid. They just want to recoup their costs now, because the assets may not be so useful in the future.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 6, 2015

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