Gas credits stay low: Victoria VRECs match RECs

MMA, ACIL Tasman, ROAM m0dels differ on carbon price impact on wholesale electricity prices: ROAM forecasts spikes for Queensland: MMA, for Vic

Prices would increase across all states, with higher increases in those states with more coal-fired generation. ROAM Consulting results point to the most significant increases occurring in Queensland.

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Victoria's renewable energy eligible under new MRET

COAG has agreed to consider the final RET scheme design at its first meeting in 2009. Legislation to implement the RET scheme will be in place by mid-2009.

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Lake Alexandrina likely to fall to acid disaster trigger

Lake Alexandrina likely to fall below the record low level of -0.5 m AHD set in May 2008; ecological collpase would follow, and it was possible the water system would become forever unusuable for freshwater storage, with six weeks.

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White paper: no carbon compo for wastewater facilities

Wastewater facilities and landfill gas wastewater facilities were able to pass on the cost to consumers and, also, consumers would gain compensation, from government, so no carbon compo was planned for wastewater facilities.

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