A collation of articles written with respect to the Capacity Investment Scheme, which was conjured by the Albanese Labor Government in late 2022 following some agreements with the relevant States.
In the final part of our four-part CIS series, we zoom out to examine what government-backed Contract-for-Difference schemes are really achieving — drawing on policy lessons from the Nelson Review.
One day after the conclusion of the inaugural NEMdev 2025 conference (during which the CIS was discussed), the announcement was made of the winners of the Tender Round 4 of the Capacity Investment Scheme.
In part three in this series about the CIS, we look at how a curtailment provision — briefly included in drafts for Tender 1 but later removed — may raise questions about how revenue...
In part two of this four part series about the success of the CIS so far, we explore why delivery challenges may have emerged.
Recent debate has centred on the CIS’s success so far. In part one of this four-part series, we look at how projects have progressed since being awarded a contract.
Coincident with last week's CEC's QCES in Brisbane, the Federal Government announced 16 winners for 'Tender 3' of the Capacity Investment Scheme.
An open question to our readers.
After a suggestion from a reader, Dan plots the locations of the 19 winning CIS projects announced last week against economic and network curtailment data.
Nineteen projects were announced as winners in the government's CIS announcement yesterday - including seven standalone solar farms and six standalone wind farms.
Guest author, Ben Skinner, returns with the second instalment on his thoughts about the Design Paper for the Capacity Investment Scheme - with submissions due next Monday 25th March 2024.
This is the first of a two part discussion on the Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) Implementation Design Paper (The Paper) released on 1 March 2024. This part will cover its broad objectives and implications....
On Thu 29th Feb 2024 (a day when NSW saw high demand, was stretched in terms of available capacity, and benefited from the electricity and other services provided by soon-to-close Eraring) the Dept of...
Energy Minster Chris Bowen has announced that the existing Capacity Investment Scheme will be greatly expanded. This article provides a summary of industry responses, news articles and social media commentary in regards to the...
The Media Release from the NSW Department of Energy on 22nd November 2023 noting 1,075MW of new firming capacity in NSW - targeting operational date of December 2025.
On Friday last week (4th August 2023) the proposed design of the 'Capacity Investment Scheme' was published ... with submissions requested before Thursday 31st August 2023.
A short note to mark the agreed introduction of a "Capacity Investment Scheme" ... but not for fossil-fuelled assets.