The NSW Government will expand its Energy Savings Scheme so that it subsidises the more efficient use of gas, as well as electricity, and has issued a new guide to financing clean energy projects.
A new NSW Government resource efficiency policy has major ramifications for companies that supply state departments with all types of goods and services.
A NSW scheme designed to encourage the efficient use of energy could be expanded to cover gas, and emissions-intensive industries might be prevented from using it to lower the costs of their energy efficiency projects.
Proposed changes to rules for NSW's Energy Savings Scheme would provide more generous rewards for various business improvements, while tightening the benefits from lighting upgrades.
The regulator of NSW's energy efficiency scheme has drafted a revised compliance strategy, while a new report raises questions about the level of additional savings that the scheme claims to deliver.