The Weekly Dispatch: Best Laid Plans

In this Weekly Dispatch:

  1. AEMO releases the final 2024 Integrated System Plan (ISP) showing more benefits but also discussing the risks to the transition.
  2. The Federal Government approves plans to build more gas wells in southern Queensland.
  3. The Reliability Panel released a final report stating that the current form of the reliability standard and administrated price cap remain fit for purpose.
  4. The ACCC released their eleventh annual inquiry into the National Electricity Market which explores prices up to the third quarter of 2023.
  5. 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.
  6. Plans for a 600MW wind farm, the largest in the state, have been revealed in Western Australia.
  7. Podcast of the week: The Catalyst discusses next-gen geothermal.
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