Analysis
Capacity Markets
Energy Efficiency
Energy Security
Australia, New Zealand & Pacific Islands
Australia
South Australia
Victoria, Australia
New South Wales
Slides: ESB Capacity Mechanism Proposal and other options
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Key Findings
Paying power generators for their available capacity – on top of the energy they sell to the grid – could lock in high emissions from coal and gas-fired power plants, deter new entrants and add substantially to already high household power bills.
Capacity Mechanism Proposal will not solve the current problems facing the National Energy Market – as it will not provide certainty around coal exits and may lock in high emissions system for longer while discouraging new entrants
So-called “capacity mechanism” payments are not the solution to supply and cost issues affecting the National Electricity Market (NEM).
ESB Capacity Mechanism Proposal and other options
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Insights
Insights on the electrification transition
Slides
Submission: Select Committee on Energy Planning and Regulation in Australia - Institutional structures, governance, regulation, functions, and operation of the Australian energy market
Testimony | Submission
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Briefing Note