In this Weekly Dispatch:
- AEMO releases the final 2024 Integrated System Plan (ISP) showing more benefits but also discussing the risks to the transition.
- The Federal Government approves plans to build more gas wells in southern Queensland.
- The Reliability Panel released a final report stating that the current form of the reliability standard and administrated price cap remain fit for purpose.
- The ACCC released their eleventh annual inquiry into the National Electricity Market which explores prices up to the third quarter of 2023.
- The Utilities Commission released the 2023 Northern Territory Electricity Outlook report stating investment needs to occur before existing thermal plants retire otherwise the reliability standard will be breached.
- Plans for a 600MW wind farm, the largest in the state, have been revealed in Western Australia.
- Podcast of the week: The Catalyst discusses next-gen geothermal.