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  • ESB leaves some unexpected booby traps in latest NEG update
    Policy & Planning

    ESB leaves some unexpected booby traps in latest NEG update

    Latest version of National Energy Guarantee raises concerns it could put a de-facto cap on efforts by states, retailers and even corporate buyers, while the creation of a closed registry raises issues about transparency.
    Giles Parkinson
    Jun 18, 2018
    48
  • NEG final draft due next week, reliability mechanism may never be triggered

    NEG final draft due next week, reliability mechanism may never be triggered

    Energy Security Board prepares to release National Energy Guarantee draft ahead of a critical meeting of energy ministers in August.
    Giles Parkinson
    Jun 6, 2018
    7
  • “No way” anyone will fund new coal plants under NEG, says Schott
    Coal

    “No way” anyone will fund new coal plants under NEG, says Schott

    “I can assure you that, unless there’s a change of technology, there would be absolutely no way that anybody would be financing a new coal-fired generation plant.”
    Sophie Vorrath
    May 2, 2018
    22
  • NEG high level design document at a glance
    Markets

    NEG high level design document at a glance

    Highlights from the high level NEG document distributed to COAG energy ministers ahead of next Friday’s meeting.
    Giles Parkinson & Sophie Vorrath
    Apr 13, 2018
    9
  • Tesla says Energy Security Board needs to catch up with battery technology
    Storage

    Tesla says Energy Security Board needs to catch up with battery technology

    Tesla says National Energy Guarantee needs to be much more ambitious, and Energy Security Board needs to catch up with technologies like battery storage.
    Giles Parkinson
    Mar 15, 2018
    6
  • Gold-plating energy markets? Even incumbents not comfortable with NEG
    Markets

    Gold-plating energy markets? Even incumbents not comfortable with NEG

    Industry warns NEG too complex, likely to boost prices, cut competition. If it won’t reduce emissions either, what exactly is the point?
    Giles Parkinson
    Feb 26, 2018
    4
  • ESB modeling confirms NEG designed to shut door on renewables
    Coal

    ESB modeling confirms NEG designed to shut door on renewables

    New modelling confirms little if any new renewable energy investment will be made under the NEG. But it reveals that the big savings the Coalition is claiming from the NEG are driven almost entirely by the policy it sought to kill – the renewable energy target.
    Giles Parkinson
    Nov 22, 2017
    31
  • We’ll keep lights on, states can worry about emissions: ESB
    Policy & Planning

    We’ll keep lights on, states can worry about emissions: ESB

    ESB chair Kerry Schott says it will be up to the states to act if they want higher emissions targets.
    Sophie Vorrath
    Nov 10, 2017
    52
  • Schott defends NEG modelling, says wind and solar at “low end”
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    Schott defends NEG modelling, says wind and solar at “low end”

    Schott says NEG modelling assumes “low end” of wind and solar costs, defying recent evidence. But ESB did admit there is much work to do on policy, dispatchability had yet to be defined, new coal unlikely to get a look in, and states free to pursue own targets.
    Giles Parkinson
    Nov 10, 2017
    37
  • ESB to use inflated costs for wind and solar to justify NEG

    ESB to use inflated costs for wind and solar to justify NEG

    Energy Security Board to use vastly inflated costs of wind and solar to justify its National Energy Guarantee. By using prices around 30-40 per cent above actual costs, will support its argument for little new wind and solar to be built in the coming decade.
    Giles Parkinson
    Nov 2, 2017
    49
  • Investor confidence could be smashed without additional detail
    Commentary

    Investor confidence could be smashed without additional detail

    This plan to provide a plan is almost the worst outcome possible for investment certainty. If more detail doesn’t emerge soon, it could be as bad for renewables as the Abbott years.
    Oliver Yates
    Oct 23, 2017
    13
  • ESB chair says demand response could kill need for new power plants
    Smart Energy

    ESB chair says demand response could kill need for new power plants

    Chair of newly formed Energy Security Board, Kerry Schott, says that by harnessing demand management in Australia, “we can all stop worrying about building new plants of any description.”
    Sophie Vorrath
    Sep 14, 2017
    10
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