The recent media hype about moves by the Australian Energy Regulator to ‘slash power bills’ is at odds with new analysis suggesting that electricity prices may double between 2011 and 2017.
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Carbon pricing plan to incorporate solar incentives
The Clean Energy Future Plan will see carbon priced at $23 per tonne from 1 July 2012, rising by 2.5 per cent each year during a three-year fixed price period until 1 July 2015, when the mechanism will transition to an emissions trading scheme with a price determined by the market.
Revisiting a carbon price
This week the new Australian Government will sit down again with various society representatives to restart the discussion on emissions policy, with a particular focus on the delivery of a carbon price signal into the economy.
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