Overview of submissions

Key themes from submitters

In summary, submissions highlighted that:

  • there was a low likelihood of new fossil-fuel baseload electricity generation plants being built due to the cost competitiveness of renewable generation options 
  • there was strong support to not have to apply for an exemption to build new fossilfuel non-baseload generation plants i.e ‘peakers’ 
  • most submitters generally agreed that all exemptions to the ban on new fossil-fuel baseload electricity generation considered in the discussion document should be incorporated, including replacement of an existing baseload fossil-fuelled electricity generator, use of blended (mix of fossil and non-fossil) fuels, co-generation plants and carbon capture, usage, and storage (CCUS)
  • submitters expressed concern about the unintended consequences that a ban could have on electricity security of supply.