How to put big super funds to work to clean up the energy mess
There’s no shortage of private capital to invest in building a clean and reliable power grid if we get the policy frameworks and market mechanisms right.
It is no understatement to say that Australia’s electricity sector is a mess. A consequence of decades of deregulation, political squabbles and self-interest has resulted in increasingly unreliable performance with fragmentary oversight.
Then there are major participants such as the Australian Energy Market Operator identifying the need for fixes without the charter to action them.
