Final draft to be published by NCCARF
Prof. John Foster
Dr William Paul Bell
Mr Craig Froome
Dr Phillip Wild
Dr Liam Wagner
Prof. Deepak Sharma
Dr. Suwin Sandu
Dr. Suchi Misra
Dr. Ravindra Bagia
The main objectives of this project are to examine the adaptive capacity of existing institutional arrangements in the National Electricity Market (NEM) to existing and predicted climate change conditions. Specifically:
1. Identify climate change adaptation issues in the NEM;
2. Analyse climate change impacts on reliability in the NEM under alternative climate change scenarios to 2030, particularly what adaptation strategies will the power generation and supply network infrastructure need; and
3. Assess the robustness of the institutional arrangements that support effective adaptation.
The main motivation stems from the development of existing institutional arrangements under the premise of stable climate conditions. Environmental issues, such as drought and increased climate variability were largely overlooked. The recent past has demonstrated that this premise is no longer appropriate. The Government’s policy response has been varied and somewhat uncoordinated, which has the potential to compromise the reliability of the NEM. There is a need to redress this situation.
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