This Australian Energy Market Commission resource reports on drivers that impact new investment in generation and electricity transmission networks. It recommends that the review progress to a second stage.

The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) and the Climate Change Authority have prepared a joint report to provide advice on policies to enhance power system security and to reduce electricity prices, consistent with achieving Australia’s emissions reduction targets in the Paris Agreement.

The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) is calling for public submissions on a new plan to strengthen power system security. This directions paper recommends mechanisms to facilitate the ability of the power system to accommodate new technologies. The transition to a lower emissions power system has its challenges. The take-up of non-synchronous, intermittent generation like...

• The National Electricity Market was established in the context of a national productivity reform agenda aimed at delivering markets that are competitive where possible, and well -regulated where not. • The NEM was established to introduce competition in the electricity sector and to decentralise operational and investment decisions away from governments and regulators to...

The AEMC’s annual report on household price trends looks at what is driving changes in the underlying cost components of household electricity bills. It analyses the competitive market sectors of wholesale generation and retail; the regulated networks sector; and price implications from government environmental policies. Wholesale costs are estimated to increase by between 5% and...