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ARTICLE · 23 AUGUST 2012

Issues Paper for Renewable Energy Target Scheme review asks probing questions

Clayton Utz
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The first review by the Climate Change Authority of Australia's Renewable Energy Target (RET)scheme is now underway.

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The first review by the Climate Change Authority of Australia's Renewable Energy Target (RET) scheme is now underway, with the release today of the Climate Change Authority's Renewable Energy Target Review Issues Paper.

As we noted earlier this month, the review is asking some fundamental questions about the RET Scheme's operation, including whether a fixed GWh target is appropriate, and whether the RET Scheme is needed at all now that the carbon pricing mechanism is law.

Comments are due by 14 September 2012.

Key questions on the Large-scale Renewable Energy Target (LRET)

The Issues Paper poses a large number of questions on the LRET, including:

  • Are the existing 41,000 GWh LRET 2020 target and the interim annual targets appropriate?

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