New Leader, Same Old Net-Zero Claptrap

New leader, same old net-zero claptrap

Kellie Sloane has fallen in line with the Coalition by “softening” her stance on emissions targets.

Affordability still the key to power

By PHILIP HOPKINS   THE peak energy body, the Australian Energy Council, whose members includes Latrobe Valley operators AGL and Energy Australia, maintains that affordability is the key to ensuring public confidence and ongoing community support for the energy transition, which it says is now delicately balanced. The current chair of the board is Damien Nicks, Managing Director and chief executive of AGL Energy. The AEC’s Chief Executive, Louis…

Energy affordability and net zero go together, report says

Dispelling the notion that reducing emissions comes at the expense of Australian households and businesses, a new report has shown that all the major opportunities to improve energy affordability in electricity and gas also either support—or are independent to—the nation’s net zero ambitions. Entitled Improving Energy Affordability Aligns with Net Zero, the briefing note from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) high…

New analysis shows energy affordability and net zero go hand in hand

25 November (IEEFA Australia): Dispelling the notion that reducing emissions comes at the expense of Australian households and businesses, a new report has shown that all the major opportunities to improve energy affordability in electricity and gas also either support – or are independent to – the nation’s net zero ambitions.