Energy
Economics & Deregulation / Energy
Energy is a vital area of the Australian economy, but it is constantly threatened by regulation and taxation. The Institute of Public Affairs examines the regulatory framework governing the energy sector and shows how deregulation can ensure that firms are given every opportunity to operate efficiently and that consumers receive the full benefits of a deregulated energy market. Environmental policies are also likely to challenge the vitality of this important sector.
The IPA also runs the Energy Forum, which brings together firms in the electricity and gas supply industry, all of which share a common view that privatisation and minimal levels of regulation will best serve the community. It provides a platform on which major industry leaders can test their views and subject them to informed criticism. Energy Forum papers are available here. For more information about the Energy Forum, please contact Alan Moran.
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Publications
Joint Select Committee on Australia's Clean Energy Future Legislation
Submission to the Inquiry into the Clean Energy Bills
Address to the Revolt Against the Carbon Tax
My focus is on the economic and political implications of the measures restraining carbon dioxide emissions. First, the outcome on the climate, if any, as a result of Australia taking action alone is negligible. Not only do we account for a...
IPA applauds Gillard honesty: carbon tax will send electricity prices soaring, honesty now needed on price of renewables
'The Institute of Public Affairs congratulates Julia Gillard's honesty today when she admitted that a carbon tax would send electricity prices soaring', said Director of Climate Change Policy, Tim Wilson. In her press conference today announcing...
Victorian Election Kills Carbon Tax
The prospects of Australia having a carbon tax are now virtually zero following the Victorian state election according to John Roskam, the executive director of the free market think tank, Institute of Public Affairs. 'Rising electricity...
Australia's resource future
Australia's Resource Future: An Institute of Public Affairs Policy Paper By Julie Novak, IPA Research Fellow
Sydney Heartland Conference 2010
Address to the Heartland Institute by Alan Moran.
Presentation to the AEF Conference
Alan Moran's presentation to the AEF Conference in Brisbane on 17 October 2010.
Electricity prices skyrocket around Australia
Electricity prices in parts of Australia have increased at nearly four times the rate of inflation over the last 5 years according to new research released today. New analysis of Australian Bureau of Statistics data, by the free market think tank...
Submission to the Queensland Government on its Proposed Gas Reservation Policy
Queensland's reserves of Coal Seam Gas (CSG) are a major asset. Development of the gas may have been assisted by regulations that require 13/15 per cent of electricity in the state to be generated by gas. Some deposits may also benefit from a...
The Costs to Australia of Renewable Energy
There can be few other cases in the history of modern economies where governments have taken action deliberately to increase the costs of production in their economies on the scale being contemplated with the Renewable Energy proposal. I n the...
