❓ WA Minister for Energy responds to questions regarding mandatory renewable energy targets, indicating support for a national scheme and outlining WA's targets. The government aims to engage in the development of a national scheme.
AnsweredQoN 1178Legislative Council
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MANDATORY RENEWABLE ENERGY TARGETS
In light of the federal government’s election policy commitment to expand the mandatory renewable energy target to achieve 20 per cent renewable energy by 2020, I ask - (1) What is the minister’s current position on mandatory renewable energy targets in Western Australia? (2) Does the minister still hold the view that renewable energy targets are prohibitively expensive and therefore unachievable? (3) Will the minister now oppose the federal Labor Party policy to introduce a 20 per cent national mandatory renewable energy target by 2020? Hon KIM CHANCE
In light of the federal government’s election policy commitment to expand the mandatory renewable energy target to achieve 20 per cent renewable energy by 2020, I ask - (1) What is the minister’s current position on mandatory renewable energy targets in Western Australia? (2) Does the minister still hold the view that renewable energy targets are prohibitively expensive and therefore unachievable? (3) Will the minister now oppose the federal Labor Party policy to introduce a 20 per cent national mandatory renewable energy target by 2020? Hon KIM CHANCE
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I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for his question. (1) The government considers that broad-based technology deployment schemes are best delivered at a national level. In the absence of action at the national level so far, the state government proposed meeting Western Australian renewable energy targets by using a mandatory scheme consistent with schemes in other jurisdictions. (2) The government has set targets for 15 per cent of electricity in the state’s main electricity grid to come from renewable energy sources by 2020, with this figure rising to 20 per cent by 2025. A national scheme reduces the risk to Western Australian electricity consumers and the economy. New renewable generation will be installed where it is most cost-effective to do so, without the electricity system or the consumers in any one jurisdiction bearing a disproportionate burden. Also, Western Australian generators will have the opportunity to meet renewable energy demand in other jurisdictions if it is cost-effective to do so. (3) The government looks forward to engaging in the development of a new national scheme.
(1) What is the minister’s current position on mandatory renewable energy targets in Western Australia? (2) Does the minister still hold the view that renewable energy targets are prohibitively expensive and therefore unachievable? (3) Will the minister now oppose the federal Labor Party policy to introduce a 20 per cent national mandatory renewable energy target by 2020? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for his question. (1) The government considers that broad-based technology deployment schemes are best delivered at a national level. In the absence of action at the national level so far, the state government proposed meeting Western Australian renewable energy targets by using a mandatory scheme consistent with schemes in other jurisdictions. (2) The government has set targets for 15 per cent of electricity in the state’s main electricity grid to come from renewable energy sources by 2020, with this figure rising to 20 per cent by 2025. A national scheme reduces the risk to Western Australian electricity consumers and the economy. New renewable generation will be installed where it is most cost-effective to do so, without the electricity system or the consumers in any one jurisdiction bearing a disproportionate burden. Also, Western Australian generators will have the opportunity to meet renewable energy demand in other jurisdictions if it is cost-effective to do so. (3) The government looks forward to engaging in the development of a new national scheme.
(2) Does the minister still hold the view that renewable energy targets are prohibitively expensive and therefore unachievable? (3) Will the minister now oppose the federal Labor Party policy to introduce a 20 per cent national mandatory renewable energy target by 2020? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for his question. (1) The government considers that broad-based technology deployment schemes are best delivered at a national level. In the absence of action at the national level so far, the state government proposed meeting Western Australian renewable energy targets by using a mandatory scheme consistent with schemes in other jurisdictions. (2) The government has set targets for 15 per cent of electricity in the state’s main electricity grid to come from renewable energy sources by 2020, with this figure rising to 20 per cent by 2025. A national scheme reduces the risk to Western Australian electricity consumers and the economy. New renewable generation will be installed where it is most cost-effective to do so, without the electricity system or the consumers in any one jurisdiction bearing a disproportionate burden. Also, Western Australian generators will have the opportunity to meet renewable energy demand in other jurisdictions if it is cost-effective to do so. (3) The government looks forward to engaging in the development of a new national scheme.
(3) Will the minister now oppose the federal Labor Party policy to introduce a 20 per cent national mandatory renewable energy target by 2020? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for his question. (1) The government considers that broad-based technology deployment schemes are best delivered at a national level. In the absence of action at the national level so far, the state government proposed meeting Western Australian renewable energy targets by using a mandatory scheme consistent with schemes in other jurisdictions. (2) The government has set targets for 15 per cent of electricity in the state’s main electricity grid to come from renewable energy sources by 2020, with this figure rising to 20 per cent by 2025. A national scheme reduces the risk to Western Australian electricity consumers and the economy. New renewable generation will be installed where it is most cost-effective to do so, without the electricity system or the consumers in any one jurisdiction bearing a disproportionate burden. Also, Western Australian generators will have the opportunity to meet renewable energy demand in other jurisdictions if it is cost-effective to do so. (3) The government looks forward to engaging in the development of a new national scheme.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for his question. (1) The government considers that broad-based technology deployment schemes are best delivered at a national level. In the absence of action at the national level so far, the state government proposed meeting Western Australian renewable energy targets by using a mandatory scheme consistent with schemes in other jurisdictions. (2) The government has set targets for 15 per cent of electricity in the state’s main electricity grid to come from renewable energy sources by 2020, with this figure rising to 20 per cent by 2025. A national scheme reduces the risk to Western Australian electricity consumers and the economy. New renewable generation will be installed where it is most cost-effective to do so, without the electricity system or the consumers in any one jurisdiction bearing a disproportionate burden. Also, Western Australian generators will have the opportunity to meet renewable energy demand in other jurisdictions if it is cost-effective to do so. (3) The government looks forward to engaging in the development of a new national scheme.
I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for his question. (1) The government considers that broad-based technology deployment schemes are best delivered at a national level. In the absence of action at the national level so far, the state government proposed meeting Western Australian renewable energy targets by using a mandatory scheme consistent with schemes in other jurisdictions. (2) The government has set targets for 15 per cent of electricity in the state’s main electricity grid to come from renewable energy sources by 2020, with this figure rising to 20 per cent by 2025. A national scheme reduces the risk to Western Australian electricity consumers and the economy. New renewable generation will be installed where it is most cost-effective to do so, without the electricity system or the consumers in any one jurisdiction bearing a disproportionate burden. Also, Western Australian generators will have the opportunity to meet renewable energy demand in other jurisdictions if it is cost-effective to do so. (3) The government looks forward to engaging in the development of a new national scheme.
(1) The government considers that broad-based technology deployment schemes are best delivered at a national level. In the absence of action at the national level so far, the state government proposed meeting Western Australian renewable energy targets by using a mandatory scheme consistent with schemes in other jurisdictions. (2) The government has set targets for 15 per cent of electricity in the state’s main electricity grid to come from renewable energy sources by 2020, with this figure rising to 20 per cent by 2025. A national scheme reduces the risk to Western Australian electricity consumers and the economy. New renewable generation will be installed where it is most cost-effective to do so, without the electricity system or the consumers in any one jurisdiction bearing a disproportionate burden. Also, Western Australian generators will have the opportunity to meet renewable energy demand in other jurisdictions if it is cost-effective to do so. (3) The government looks forward to engaging in the development of a new national scheme.
(2) The government has set targets for 15 per cent of electricity in the state’s main electricity grid to come from renewable energy sources by 2020, with this figure rising to 20 per cent by 2025. A national scheme reduces the risk to Western Australian electricity consumers and the economy. New renewable generation will be installed where it is most cost-effective to do so, without the electricity system or the consumers in any one jurisdiction bearing a disproportionate burden. Also, Western Australian generators will have the opportunity to meet renewable energy demand in other jurisdictions if it is cost-effective to do so. (3) The government looks forward to engaging in the development of a new national scheme.
(1) What is the minister’s current position on mandatory renewable energy targets in Western Australia? (2) Does the minister still hold the view that renewable energy targets are prohibitively expensive and therefore unachievable? (3) Will the minister now oppose the federal Labor Party policy to introduce a 20 per cent national mandatory renewable energy target by 2020? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for his question. (1) The government considers that broad-based technology deployment schemes are best delivered at a national level. In the absence of action at the national level so far, the state government proposed meeting Western Australian renewable energy targets by using a mandatory scheme consistent with schemes in other jurisdictions. (2) The government has set targets for 15 per cent of electricity in the state’s main electricity grid to come from renewable energy sources by 2020, with this figure rising to 20 per cent by 2025. A national scheme reduces the risk to Western Australian electricity consumers and the economy. New renewable generation will be installed where it is most cost-effective to do so, without the electricity system or the consumers in any one jurisdiction bearing a disproportionate burden. Also, Western Australian generators will have the opportunity to meet renewable energy demand in other jurisdictions if it is cost-effective to do so. (3) The government looks forward to engaging in the development of a new national scheme.
(2) Does the minister still hold the view that renewable energy targets are prohibitively expensive and therefore unachievable? (3) Will the minister now oppose the federal Labor Party policy to introduce a 20 per cent national mandatory renewable energy target by 2020? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for his question. (1) The government considers that broad-based technology deployment schemes are best delivered at a national level. In the absence of action at the national level so far, the state government proposed meeting Western Australian renewable energy targets by using a mandatory scheme consistent with schemes in other jurisdictions. (2) The government has set targets for 15 per cent of electricity in the state’s main electricity grid to come from renewable energy sources by 2020, with this figure rising to 20 per cent by 2025. A national scheme reduces the risk to Western Australian electricity consumers and the economy. New renewable generation will be installed where it is most cost-effective to do so, without the electricity system or the consumers in any one jurisdiction bearing a disproportionate burden. Also, Western Australian generators will have the opportunity to meet renewable energy demand in other jurisdictions if it is cost-effective to do so. (3) The government looks forward to engaging in the development of a new national scheme.
(3) Will the minister now oppose the federal Labor Party policy to introduce a 20 per cent national mandatory renewable energy target by 2020? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for his question. (1) The government considers that broad-based technology deployment schemes are best delivered at a national level. In the absence of action at the national level so far, the state government proposed meeting Western Australian renewable energy targets by using a mandatory scheme consistent with schemes in other jurisdictions. (2) The government has set targets for 15 per cent of electricity in the state’s main electricity grid to come from renewable energy sources by 2020, with this figure rising to 20 per cent by 2025. A national scheme reduces the risk to Western Australian electricity consumers and the economy. New renewable generation will be installed where it is most cost-effective to do so, without the electricity system or the consumers in any one jurisdiction bearing a disproportionate burden. Also, Western Australian generators will have the opportunity to meet renewable energy demand in other jurisdictions if it is cost-effective to do so. (3) The government looks forward to engaging in the development of a new national scheme.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for his question. (1) The government considers that broad-based technology deployment schemes are best delivered at a national level. In the absence of action at the national level so far, the state government proposed meeting Western Australian renewable energy targets by using a mandatory scheme consistent with schemes in other jurisdictions. (2) The government has set targets for 15 per cent of electricity in the state’s main electricity grid to come from renewable energy sources by 2020, with this figure rising to 20 per cent by 2025. A national scheme reduces the risk to Western Australian electricity consumers and the economy. New renewable generation will be installed where it is most cost-effective to do so, without the electricity system or the consumers in any one jurisdiction bearing a disproportionate burden. Also, Western Australian generators will have the opportunity to meet renewable energy demand in other jurisdictions if it is cost-effective to do so. (3) The government looks forward to engaging in the development of a new national scheme.
I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for his question. (1) The government considers that broad-based technology deployment schemes are best delivered at a national level. In the absence of action at the national level so far, the state government proposed meeting Western Australian renewable energy targets by using a mandatory scheme consistent with schemes in other jurisdictions. (2) The government has set targets for 15 per cent of electricity in the state’s main electricity grid to come from renewable energy sources by 2020, with this figure rising to 20 per cent by 2025. A national scheme reduces the risk to Western Australian electricity consumers and the economy. New renewable generation will be installed where it is most cost-effective to do so, without the electricity system or the consumers in any one jurisdiction bearing a disproportionate burden. Also, Western Australian generators will have the opportunity to meet renewable energy demand in other jurisdictions if it is cost-effective to do so. (3) The government looks forward to engaging in the development of a new national scheme.
(1) The government considers that broad-based technology deployment schemes are best delivered at a national level. In the absence of action at the national level so far, the state government proposed meeting Western Australian renewable energy targets by using a mandatory scheme consistent with schemes in other jurisdictions. (2) The government has set targets for 15 per cent of electricity in the state’s main electricity grid to come from renewable energy sources by 2020, with this figure rising to 20 per cent by 2025. A national scheme reduces the risk to Western Australian electricity consumers and the economy. New renewable generation will be installed where it is most cost-effective to do so, without the electricity system or the consumers in any one jurisdiction bearing a disproportionate burden. Also, Western Australian generators will have the opportunity to meet renewable energy demand in other jurisdictions if it is cost-effective to do so. (3) The government looks forward to engaging in the development of a new national scheme.
(2) The government has set targets for 15 per cent of electricity in the state’s main electricity grid to come from renewable energy sources by 2020, with this figure rising to 20 per cent by 2025. A national scheme reduces the risk to Western Australian electricity consumers and the economy. New renewable generation will be installed where it is most cost-effective to do so, without the electricity system or the consumers in any one jurisdiction bearing a disproportionate burden. Also, Western Australian generators will have the opportunity to meet renewable energy demand in other jurisdictions if it is cost-effective to do so. (3) The government looks forward to engaging in the development of a new national scheme.
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