Environmental and Social Objectives for the NEM

Monday, 19 December 2005 23:01

The states and territories are now in the process of handing their environmental and social laws and regulations to the new national bodies, that have no mandate to consider the impact of the NEM's greenhouse emissions or the protection of vulnerable consumers.

TEC has commissioned research on how best the environmental and social policies and regulations of the states are best accomodated in the move to national regulation.  This report recommends an additional environmental objective and an additional social objective to enable regulators to take these factors into account when making decisions.

See our report: How Should Environmental and Social Objectives be Catered for as the Regulatory Framework for Electricity Becomes Increasingly National?