Australia's mandatory renewable energy target (MRET): an assessment

✍ Scribed by Anthony Kent; David Mercer

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 390 KB
• Volume: 34
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0301-4215
• DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2004.10.009

✦ Synopsis

In June 2004, the Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard, released the long-awaited government blueprint for the favoured policy direction for the country's energy sector, Securing Australia's Energy Future. In part this document was a response to a review of the operation of Australia's mandatory renewable energy target (MRET), a regime that started in April 2001. MRET was put under detailed scrutiny from March 2003 onwards by a four-person panel (the Tambling Committee), appointed by the Howard coalition (conservative)