With the public concerned about energy prices and security of supply, the government’s recently released energy package naturally attracted a lot of attention.
The package was criticised for being unlikely to either bring down prices or increase construction for new generation. But it’s just as important we see how much the plan assumes fossil fuels are the only answer, and how little it connects with important reforms already underway.
Last year, the government commissioned an analysis of the performance of electricity markets from international consultancy Frontier Economics. That report was delivered in May this year, but the government withheld it until it had decided what to do.
