7 April 2017
© Commonwealth of Australia 2017 ISBN 978-1-76010-538-9
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Conduct of the inquiry Note on references Structure of the report Terminology Other inquiries
Introduction A warming world Implications of climate change for electricity networks Paris Climate Agreement Australia's Electricity Generation The National Electricity Market (NEM) Issues facing the NEM
Introduction Changing patterns of electricity supply and demand Integrating renewables into the electricity system New opportunities arising from storage technologies Types of storage technologies Ancillary services provided by a diversity of energy storage systems Benefits arising from decentralised electricity generation Committee view
Introduction The business case for policy certainty on a carbon price signal The renewable energy target Market rule and regulatory changes to incentivise the deployment of storage technologies Economic opportunities arising from deployment of renewable energy and energy storage technologies
Climate change threatens the resilience of Australia's electricity network The need to replace out-of-date infrastructure gives Australia the opportunity to transition to cleaner energy sources Australia has the technology to make this transition now The need for national leadership to manage the transition to renewables Recommendations
Coalition Senators' responses to the recommendations of the Chair's report
An Important Issue Proceed with Care Power Affordability and Security Scheme Essential Rule Changes Reducing Gas Prices Encouraging Renewables Summary
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The committee is to inquire into the role of storage technologies to provide Australia’s electricity networks with the resilience to withstand the increasing severity and frequency of extreme weather events driven by global warming.
07 Mar 2017: Melbourne20 Feb 2017: Adelaide10 Feb 2017: Canberra
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