Power road map is not flagging net zero dangers ahead
AEMO is not a policy-making body but can and should use the Integrated System Plan to provide ministers with a better understanding of the material risks to their preferred pathway.
Australia’s National Electricity Market needs a whole-of-system plan to get to net zero by 2050. The Integrated System Plan should be it. But to succeed, it needs to be reformed.
The ISP – a road map created by the Australian Energy Market Operator to guide development of the NEM – provides valuable information and analysis for governments to frame policy and industry to make investment decisions.