espite efforts by some Australian utility companies and industry groups to see Australia’s Renewable Energy Targets (RET) wound back, the government has decided to maintain them. Utilities are having an impact elsewhere, with fixed electricity prices set to increase to ensure solar households pay “their share” of electricity infrastructure costs.
Energy policy in Australia has been an increasingly controversial topic with rising electricity costs driving debate. In the face of a campaign to see the fixed target of 41,000 GWh of renewable energy to be added to the country’s electricity grids by 2020 watered down, the Australian Federal Government stood firm this week, and endorsed the Climate Change Authority’s recommendation that it be maintained.
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