Queensland and Victoria hedge bets about national energy guarantee, saying they won’t compromise on keeping strong renewables targetsThe Queensland and Victorian governments are hedging their bets about the Turnbull government’s national energy guarantee ahead of the circulation of key design details expected during the next 48 hours. Lynham said Queensland was still considering whether or not to support the national energy guarantee, and the state would remain “resolute in our commitment to a 50% renewable energy target by 2030”. Josh Frydenberg makes peace offering to ACT before D-day for energy deal Read moreVictoria echoed that view. “We won’t be signing up to anything that undermines or puts a break on Victoria’s nation-leading renewable energy agenda and climate change policies,” the state’s energy minister, Lily D’Ambrosio, told an economic conference on Thursday. Energy ministers will meet next Friday to decide whether to sign off on the national energy guarantee and are expected to receive a briefing in the next couple of days about the key design principles.

Source: The Guardian April 12, 2018 08:15 UTC