Queensland's Energy Roadmap: A Step Forward
The Crisafulli government's roadmap is a welcome correction, more reliable and less reckless than Labor's plan, but electricity won't be getting any cheaper.
Queensland's Energy Roadmap departs radically from the previous government's strategy by basing itself around engineering rather than ideology and leaving emissions to sort themselves out as coal-fired power stations are eventually closed.
Energy strategists refer to the energy trilemma, the mostly unattainable goal of simultaneously making electricity affordable, reliable, and zero emissions.
Even $50 will make a difference.
The roadmap is more likely to be first steps than a completed journey, and while it will be more reliable than what was planned, it will still be more expensive than today.
Author's summary: Queensland's Energy Roadmap is a step forward.