Key energy market players renew calls for Angus Taylor to increase transparency and consultation with experts in meetings of energy ministers.
COAG Energy Council
Energy ministers extend life of Energy Security Board to finish rewrite of market rules
Energy Security Board has its mandate extended for another 12-months, as energy ministers finally agree to let the body finish its NEM redesign work.
ESB left in limbo after stalemate in ‘confidential’ energy ministers meeting
Energy Security Board faces uncertain future, as does policy transparency, as energy ministers meet under new ‘confidential’ national cabinet rules for first time.
Cannon-Brookes, Tesla lead call to accelerate energy market reforms
Billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes and Tesla lead call for energy market reforms to be accelerated to facilitate transition to renewables.
COAG’s new reliability threshold spooks renewables industry, regulators respond
Energy regulators provide clarity via Twitter as COAG introduces new reliability trigger that had solar and wind farm operators worried.
COAG forms Energy Coordination Mechanism to oversee COVID-19 response
Energy ministers establish new “Energy Coordination Mechanism” to meet weekly and ramp-up reliability standard to manage coronavirus response.
COAG focuses on COVID-19 response, slashes agenda on reform
COAG Energy Council to focus on the immediate response to Coronavirus, as energy ministers work to ensure Australia maintains secure energy supplies.
Video meeting of energy ministers adds to growing schism as investment plunges
Clean energy industry pushes for new measures to address 50 per cent slump in new investment, as schism grows between states and federal government on energy.
ARENA and CEFC to kick-start Australia’s ‘clean’ hydrogen industry
ARENA and the CEFC will provide a combined $370M in funding support, as Morrison government looks to capitalise on hydrogen export potential.
Smoke and mirrors: Taylor to meet states as global expert laments Australian “tragedy”
Energy ministers head to Perth for the first COAG energy council meeting in almost a year, with frustrations amongst State and Territory ministers high.