2015 Submissions
Review of the Sustainability Fund Priority Statement (Dec 2015)
EAGA welcomes the broadening of the scope of the Sustainability Fund to reinstate its support for climate change mitigation and adaptation initiatives. The submission makes a number of recommendations for improving the quality of projects that will eventually be supported by the Sustainability Fund. Read the full response here (PDF, 219 KB)
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Review of the Local Government Act 1989 (Dec 2015)
The scope of EAGA’s submissions deals exclusively with chapter six of the DELWP discussion paper relating councils rates and charges and makes a number of recommendations for modernising the Act to enable councils to use property charges to underpin renewable energy and energy efficiency programs. Read the full submission here (PDF, 250 KB)
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Victorian Energy Efficiency Target (VEET) Proposed Changes (Oct 2015)
EAGA’s response supports the Proposed Activity Regulation Change to include the ability for non-building related lighting (such as street and outdoor lighting) to be included under VEET. The submission also supports the immediate introduction of Project Based Assessment (PBA) into the scheme to support complex, multi-technology energy efficiency projects at the council level. Read the full response here (PDF, 344 KB)
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Victoria’s Renewable Energy Roadmap (Sept 2015)
The submission outlines a number of recommendations for transforming Victoria’s generation stock towards renewable energy, addressing barriers to distributed generation and storage, encouraging household and community renewable energy and defining the government’s role in facilitating the uptake of renewable energy. Read the full submission here (PDF, 259 KB)
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Review of the Governance Arrangements for Australian Energy Markets (Aug 2015)
EAGA’s response highlights a number of systemic issues within the national electricity market (NEM), which prevent national, state and local action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and makes recommendations for energy market reforms that facilitate a rapid transition to more sustainable, intelligent networks that support consumer access to clean, safe and affordable energy services. Read the full submission here (PDF, 244 KB)
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Review of the Climate Change Act 2010 (Aug 2015)
EAGA’s submission provides a number of recommendations for strengthening the Act to facilitate a more robust response to climate change from the government, businesses and community sectors. It also outlines an opportunity for establishing a landmark partnership between the state and local government sectors by synchronising and maximising the effectiveness of local climate action across the state. Read the full submission here (PDF, 344 KB)
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Electricity Distribution Price Review (July 2015)
In July 2015, the Victorian Greenhouse Alliances developed and submitted a collective response to the EDPR from the Local Government sector. The submission was informed by a state wide planning workshop (June 2014) and the subsequent development of the DNSP Local Government Policy Framework (PDF, 223 KB) and the DNSP Engagement Program. Read the full submission here (PDF, 725 KB)
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Victorian Energy Efficiency Target Review (May 2015)
EAGA’s members support the adoption an ambitious and robust energy efficiency target that provides strong support for VEET subsidised programs and the greatest long term certainty for market participants. Read’s EAGA’s formal response to the consultation process here (PDF, 273 KB)
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Australia’s Post 2020 Emissions Reduction Target (April 2015)
EAGA’s submission to the UNFCCC Taskforce urges the Federal Government to take action that is consistent and proportionate with the voluntary measures currently being undertaken by Councils, businesses and communities across the country. This includes the adoption of a strong ambitious target that is consistent with the need to limit an increase in global temperatures to two degrees, as agreed by the international community at Cancun in 2010. Read the full submission here (PDF, 812 KB)
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Rule Change for Demand Management Incentives (March 2015)
It is EAGA’s position that the proposed changes to the national electricity rules for demand management incentives should proceed in order to overcome the existing barriers preventing distribution businesses from undertaking demand management projects as an alternative to building new network infrastructure. Read EAGA’s response to the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) consultation process here (PDF, 376 KB)
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