Huge Investment Needed for Smooth Transition to Net-Zero: Energy Regulators

Huge Investment Needed for Smooth Transition to Net-Zero: Energy Regulators
A power plug is placed into a power socket in Melbourne, Australia, on Oct. 22, 2012. Quinn Rooney/Getty Images
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Significant investment and coordinated policy reform with a persistent focus on cost management is needed for Australia’s National Energy Market (NEM) to smoothly transition to net-zero.

The Energy Security Board (ESB) released its annual Health of the NEM report after a tumultuous year, with surging wholesale energy prices and a temporary suspension of the entire market in June.