December 2024
Why the critics are wrong about nuclear costings
I stand by the analysis that shows on a system-wide average economic cost basis, including nuclear remains cheaper than a renewables only system.
November 2022
Energy customers will pay high price for Brookfields’s bid for Origin
There are good competition reasons why monopoly distribution networks should not be owned by companies that also generate electricity.
February 2022
Why Cannon-Brookes shouldn’t control Australia’s energy future
It’s unsettling to have a billionaire amateur deciding national energy policy - especially when it means overturning the core principles of the National Electricity Market.
October 2021
Australia can reach net zero with tech, not taxes
Will reliance on technological change lead to the required emission reductions? This former believer in a carbon tax says yes.
January 2020
Let's auction the right to supply reliable power
A competitive tender system to generate dispatchable electricity would drive the investment needed to stabilise the grid, cut emissions, and drive down prices.