Johanna Bowyer is the Lead Analyst for Australian Electricity at IEEFA. Her research is focused on trends in the National Electricity Market, energy policy and decarbonisation.
Prior to joining IEEFA, Johanna researched distribution networks at CSIRO, worked in solar energy businesses and worked as a management consultant at Kearney.
Johanna has a first-class Honours Degree in Photovoltaics and Solar Energy Engineering from UNSW Australia. While at UNSW she received the Co-op Scholarship, No Carbon Women in Solar Prize and Photovoltaics Thesis Prize.
Johanna enjoys hiking, music, art and baking bread.
Languages: English (native), Spanish (beginner)
Research from Johanna Bowyer
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Submission: Select Committee on Energy Planning and Regulation in Australia - Institutional structures, governance, regulation, functions, and operation of the Australian energy market
Testimony | Submission
Response to the Federal Opposition on how nuclear will increase power bills
Insights
Nuclear proposal will increase power bills
Insights
Nuclear in Australia would increase household power bills
Report
Slides: Nuclear in Australia would increase household power bills
Slides
Submission: Orderly Exit Management Framework Draft Exposure Bill and Rule – June 2024
Testimony | Submission
Submission: AEMO’s Draft 2025 Inputs, Assumptions and Scenarios Report (IASR) scenarios
Testimony | Submission
Submission: Enhancing the Integrated System Plan to support the energy transition
Testimony | Submission
Fact Sheet: Do small nuclear reactors (SMRs) make sense in Australia?
Fact Sheet
Submission: Climate Change Authority – Targets, Pathways and Progress consultation
Testimony | Submission
Multiple budget measures will bring energy bill relief, but more could be done to deliver lasting savings
Insights
Extending Eraring has still not been adequately justified
Insights
Posts from Johanna Bowyer
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Opposition’s nuclear costings are unrealistic
Press Release
Nuclear power would raise household power bills by $665 a year
Press Release
Nuclear in Australia will increase household power bills – the question is how much?
Press Release
Significant issues with Australian nuclear proposal
Press Release
Eraring extension could see NSW taxpayers covering potential losses
Press Release
Keeping pace with building new energy projects is key to maintaining reliability
Press Release
AEMO needs greater ambition on DER for a true whole-of-system ISP
Press Release
Clean energy surge firms up timetable for Eraring closure
Press Release
Australia’s energy crisis can be solved with a focus on renewables, not a capacity market that locks in high emissions electricity
Press Release
Emissions Reduction Fund change puts Australia’s 35% emission reduction forecast at risk unless taxpayers fork out
Press Release
IEEFA: Australian government emissions projections show 44% of coal capacity will close by 2030
Press Release
There’s a better way to manage coal closures in Australia than paying to delay them
Press Release