The electricity sector transition that is currently under way is changing the dynamics of the power system. Traditional thermal plants are closing, and more renewable and asynchronous generators are coming to the power system. This paper sets out a proposed model for generators to locate in more cost-effective places, and access the transmission network more...

Renewable energy zones are a useful first step on the path of more holistic access reform and can be implemented earlier than those changes required to implement our proposed access model. This paper seeks to provide some clarity as to the different ways renewable energy zones can be characterised, how these can be achieved and...

This report includes a new analysis of the relative contributions of the three main factors causing the reduction in emissions for electricity generation in the National Electricity Market. The report ends with the usual monthly Electricity Update summary to the end of 2019.

This edition contains data to 2017–18 for Australian energy consumption, production and trade, and calendar year 2018 for electricity generation.

The Clean Energy Regulator announced this month that the 2020 Renewable Energy Target has now been met. But with investment slowing, no national policy and a range of regulatory barriers emerging, what happens next is unclear.