Renewables better than a big stick at cutting power prices
The clean energy lobby has warned the new federal energy minister Angus Taylor not to take wind and solar energy for granted because they are putting more downward pressure on wholesale electricity prices than the government's market interventions.
Kane Thornton, chief executive of the Clean Energy Council, said Australia would face scrutiny at the COPS24 climate meeting in Poland in December if the government's representatives turn up with no concrete policies for achieving the nation's Paris carbon emissions reduction targets.
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