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Victoria’s interim emissions reduction targets set a realistic trajectory to net zero by 2050 but are not enough to ward off a 1.5 Degree Celsius temperature increase. The government needs to have clear levers to pull in between five-yearly reviews to instigate a major ramp up in ambition. This will…
The New South Wales government announcement yesterday of its energy savings scheme (ESS) target increase from 8.5 per cent to 13 percent of electricity consumption by 2030 is well timed and well considered. It is a massive post pandemic punch: socking the energy trilemma where it is hurting most: affordability…
The Victorian Energy Upgrades (VEU) program will offset 77 per cent of the electricity generation that will cease when Yallourn coal-fired power station is closed by Energy Australia in 2028, as announced today. The lights will even more assuredly stay on - particularly during peak summer demand events - if…
The Victorian government today announced ambitious targets for the Victorian Energy Upgrades (VEU) program 2022-25 of 6.5 million to 7.3 million tonnes annually (mta) of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2-e). The VEU targets will reduce Victoria’s energy consumption in 2025 by seven per cent according to the government and is one…
The Victorian government today announced a $797 million energy efficiency affordability package including $447 million earmarked to support energy upgrades for low-income households and rental properties and $14 million to directly support expansion of the Victorian Energy Upgrades (VEU) program. Minimum energy standards with five stars for rental properties and…
The Victorian government has decided to keep the 2021 Victorian Energy Upgrades (VEU) program target the same at for 2020 (by using a default mechanism in the Victorian Energy Efficiency Target (VEET) Act). This is instead of releasing the 2021-2025 targets as anticipated by 31 May, the reason being due…
The Energy Savings industry Association (ESIA) is encouraged by the Australian Government response to recommendations which could better support energy efficiency projects as outlined in the King review report released today. Energy efficiency upgrade projects are often upfront capital intensive and require complex methods. “The ERF has to date been…
Targeted fiscal stimulus for households and businesses to undertake much needed energy efficiency upgrades will rapidly stimulate the economy and deliver long-term benefits. This approach will deliver much more than a short-term sugar hit as part of any well-considered COVID-19 recovery plan, according to the Energy Savings industry Association (ESIA)…
Right now Victorians need Government support to install more energy efficient and ‘smarter’ air conditioners so they can keep them on and stay cooler on super-hot days like today and yesterday when temperatures are soaring to 41-45 degrees Celsius. Air conditioning makes up a significant portion of increased electricity demand…
The ESIA welcomes the release yesterday of the Victorian Energy Upgrades program Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) for target setting from 2021-25 which indicates the most ambitious targets since the program’s start in 2009. The cumulative impact of the favoured option will avoid 40.6 mega tonnes (Mt) of emissions in Victoria…
