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ACCC wants changes to the National Electricity Market
The ACCC recommends changes be made to the structure of ownership of generation assets and incentives in place regarding bidding and generation investment We examine the operation of the National Electricity Market why the ACCC is concerned about market concentration and their recommendations for ...
Report: National Electricity & Gas Rules Update: June 2019
In this update we summarise the progress of new and existing rule change requests across the month of June and take a closer look at the introduction of the Retailer Reliability Obligation that came into operation on 1 July 2019. ...
Report: National Electricity & Gas Rules Update: July & August 2019
In this update we summarise the progress of new and existing rule change requests across the months of July and August and take a closer look at the AEMC review of the regulatory frameworks for embedded networks. ...
Climate change features again in latest coal mine refusal
Last week the NSW Independent Planning Commission (IPC) refused development consent for the Bylong Coal Project (Project). ...
Report: National Electricity & Gas Rules Update: October 2019
In this update we summarise the progress of new and existing rule change requests across October 2019 and take a closer look at the AER's Financial Reporting Guideline for light regulation pipelines. ...
WA Electricity Market Review - Government says 'yes' to Contestability, but 'no' to privatisation
The WA State Government has rejected recommendations for significant and transformational structural changes to the states electricity market in response to the recently released Electricity Market Review Options Paper ...
Deal announced on revised Renewable Energy Target
The Federal Government and Labor opposition yesterday announced that they had reached a long-awaited agreement to lower the Renewable Energy Target from 41000GWh to 33000GWh Partner Grant Anderson and Senior Associate Alex Purtill report ...
Pre-emptive rights decision flags need for careful drafting
The Western Australian Supreme Court has handed down a decision that has significant implications for the drafting of pre-emptive rights clauses in both joint ventureoperating agreements and shareholders agreements The decision also has ramifications for the conduct of sale transactions that involve ...
'Safety net' or 'trampoline'? Emissions safeguard mechanism draft rules released
The Federal Government has released its draft rules for the emissions safeguard mechanism which will impose financial penalties of up to 18 million on businesses that emit more than their allocated emissions baselines ...
Allens insights: An overview of the current energy mix, and the place in the market of different energy sources
Allens Senior Energy Resources Counsel David Maloney provides an overview of the current energy mix in Australia and the place in the market of different energy sources ...