DEAR News Of The Area,
WHY is it news that the coalition has a new energy policy?
Will this one be any different to the 20 or so energy policies the Coalition failed to settle on in their nine years in government?
They claim that ‘net zero’ is why electricity prices are too high and simply by getting rid of it electricity will miraculously become cheaper.
How can ditching net zero do anything other than to make electricity more expensive?
Given that a metric ton of coal costs about $160 while a metric ton of sunlight and a metric ton of wind cost nothing, how can electricity generated from coal or gas possibly compete?
It is indisputable that renewables are the cheapest source of electricity.
We have so much solar energy in the middle of the day that the Government now wants to see it given away.
The net zero target is driving more storage capacity in the grid so this excess can be used at night.
Why would anyone want to see the roll-out of this storage delayed and what could they possibly do instead that makes electricity cheaper in the long term?
To believe the coalition can lower electricity prices is to ignore their appalling record on energy policy, dating from when Tony Abbott recklessly repealed the Gillard Government’s carbon price.
Regards,
Stephen OTTAWAY
Red Rock
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