Prime Minister's Task Group on Energy Efficiency
The former Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd established a Task Group on Energy Efficiency to advise the Australian Government, by mid-2010, on options to improve Australia’s energy efficiency by 2020 (see the former Prime Minister's media release).
In mid 2010 the Task Group transmitted a report to Government detailing recommendations to deliver a step-change improvement in energy efficiency and place Australia at the forefront of OECD energy efficiency improvement by 2020.
To inform and advise the Task Group, the Government established an Advisory Group with experts from industry and non government organisations.
The Task Group also sort the views of a wide range of stakeholders in preparing the report, receiving over 200 submissions from a broad-range of expertise including government, industry, energy and environmental organisations.
Report of the Prime Minister’s Task Group on Energy Efficiency
In formulating its recommendations the Task Group commissioned analysis to illustrate the costs, benefits and other impacts of a hypothetical national energy savings initiative. The results of the illustrative modelling report should not be interpreted as definitive and should not be taken as representing the Task Group’s recommendations or in any way pre-empting the Government’s consideration of the value of a national energy savings initiative.
Electricity and Gas Market Benefits and Costs of an Energy Efficiency Obligation Scheme (PDF 498 KB)
The Department held a series of half-day consultation workshops on the report’s recommendations in January and February 2011. The report on the workshops is available on the consultation workshops page.