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This paper examines the contribution of monopoly electricity network service providers (NSPs) to electricity price rises in the National Electricity Market (NEM).
This paper examines the contribution of monopoly electricity network service providers (NSPs) to electricity price rises in the National Electricity Market (NEM). It describes the outcomes that have been delivered. It then focuses on explaining why government owned NSPs have increased their capital expenditures as much as they have. Finally it suggests ways that prices may be reduced and the efficiency of the industry improved.
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CEDA's Australia's Energy Options series commenced in late 2011. It has included three policy perspectives that have covered nuclear energy, renewables and efficiency, and unconventional energy options, and this final report.
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