❓ Hon Robin Chapple asks about the accommodation and encouragement of demand management and renewables in the announced electricity market review. The Minister's response indicates the review will assess the efficiency of the current wholesale electricity market.
AnsweredQoN 208Legislative Council
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ELECTRICITY
MARKET REVIEW
208. Hon ROBIN CHAPPLE to the
Leader of the House representing the Minister for Energy:
I refer to the electricity market review announced on 6 March
2014.
(1) Will demand management and renewables be accommodated
and/or encouraged?
(2) If no to (1), why not?
(3) If yes to (1), how?
MARKET REVIEW
208. Hon ROBIN CHAPPLE to the
Leader of the House representing the Minister for Energy:
I refer to the electricity market review announced on 6 March
2014.
(1) Will demand management and renewables be accommodated
and/or encouraged?
(2) If no to (1), why not?
(3) If yes to (1), how?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the
question.
(1)–(3)
The review will look at the extent to which the arrangements of the wholesale
electricity market result in an efficient mix of different types of capacity
and an efficient overall volume of capacity to serve the needs of the south
west interconnected system.
question.
(1)–(3)
The review will look at the extent to which the arrangements of the wholesale
electricity market result in an efficient mix of different types of capacity
and an efficient overall volume of capacity to serve the needs of the south
west interconnected system.
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