Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Selection of Bills Committee, Report no. 5 of 2014, 15 May 2014; Journals of the Senate, No. 29, 15 May 2014, pp. 818–820.

[2]        Journals of the Senate, No. 30, 16 June 2014, p. 876.

[3]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. [4].  See also Schedule 1, Energy Efficiency Opportunities (Repeal) Bill 2014.

[4]        See www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Economics

[5]        Australian Government, Securing Australia's Energy Future (June 2004), p. 106, citing International Energy Agency, Energy use in Australia in an international perspective (2001).

[6]        Australian Government, Securing Australia's Energy Future (June 2004), pp. 106–107.

[7]        Australian Government, Securing Australia's Energy Future (June 2004), pp. 112–113, 181.

[8]        Australian Government, Securing Australia's Energy Future (June 2004), p. 113.

[9]        Productivity Commission, The Private Cost Effectiveness of Improving Energy Efficiency, Report No. 36 (August 2005), p. 148.

[10]      See Productivity Commission, The Private Cost Effectiveness of Improving Energy Efficiency, Report No. 36 (August 2005), pp. 113–152.

[11]      See Productivity Commission, The Private Cost Effectiveness of Improving Energy Efficiency, Report No. 36 (August 2005), p. 151.

[12]      See Energy Efficiency Opportunities Act 2006 and Energy Efficiency Opportunities Regulations 2006.

[13]      Section 3(1), Energy Efficiency Opportunities Act 2006.

[14]      Section 3(2), Energy Efficiency Opportunities Act 2006.

[15]      Sections 6-10, Energy Efficiency Opportunities Act 2006.

[16]      Department of Industry, Energy Efficiency Opportunities Program—The First Five Years: 2006–11—Overview (December 2013), pp. 1–2.

[17]      Department of Industry, Energy Efficiency Opportunities—Context for the EEO Program, 16 October 2013, http://energyefficiencyopportunities.gov.au/about-the-eeo-program/about-the-program/context-for-the-eeo-program/ (accessed 26 June 2014).

[18]      Department of Industry, Energy Efficiency Opportunities – About the Program, 25 November 2013, http://energyefficiencyopportunities.gov.au/about-the-eeo-program/about-the-program/ (accessed 26 June 2014).

[19]      Department of Resources Energy and Tourism, Energy Efficiency Opportunities Program: Mid-Cycle Review—Final Report (December 2010), p. 69.

[20]      Department of Resources Energy and Tourism, Energy Efficiency Opportunities Program: Mid-Cycle Review—Final Report (December 2010), p. 69.

[21]      Department of Resources Energy and Tourism, Energy Efficiency Opportunities Program: Mid-Cycle Review—Final Report (December 2010), p. 50.

[22]      Department of Resources Energy and Tourism, Energy Efficiency Opportunities Program: Mid-Cycle Review—Final Report (December 2010), p. 50.

[23]      Department of Resources Energy and Tourism, Energy Efficiency Opportunities Program: Mid-Cycle Review—Final Report (December 2010), p. 54.

[24]      ACIL Tasman, Energy Efficiency Opportunities Program End of First Full Five Year Cycle Evaluation—Final Report (April 2013), pp. 93–94.

[25]      ACIL Tasman, Energy Efficiency Opportunities Program End of First Full Five Year Cycle Evaluation—Final Report (April 2013), p. 95.

[26]      ACIL Tasman, Energy Efficiency Opportunities Program End of First Full Five Year Cycle Evaluation—Final Report (April 2013), p. 96.

[27]      ACIL Tasman, Energy Efficiency Opportunities Program End of First Full Five Year Cycle Evaluation—Final Report (April 2013), pp. 95–97.

[28]      The Honourable J.B. Hockey MP, Treasurer, and Senator the Honourable Mathias Cormann, Minister for Finance, 2013-14 Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (December 2013), p. 145.

[29]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. [4].

[30]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. [30].

[31]      Explanatory Memorandum, pp. [13, 30–31].

[32]      Explanatory Memorandum, pp. [14, 30].

[33]      Explanatory Memorandum, pp. [21, 30].

[34]      Explanatory Memorandum, pp. [13–18, 30].

[35]      Explanatory Memorandum, pp. [18–19].

[36]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. [14].

[37]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. [6].

[38]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. [6].

[39]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. [18].

[40]      Explanatory Memorandum, Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Amendment Bill 2014, Background.

[41]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. [1].

[42]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. [26].

[43]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. [2].

Chapter 2 - Key provisions of the bill and issues raised

[1]        A confidential submission is included in this number.

[2]        Submission 10, p. 2.

[3]        Submission 10, pp. 2–3.

[4]        Submission 13, p. 1.

[5]        See, e.g., Major Energy Users Inc, Submission 2, pp. 1-2; Australian Industry Greenhouse Network, Submission 10, p. 2; Chevron Australia Pty Ltd, Submission 19, p. 2 ('...[R]eal energy prices for industry in Australia have increased by almost 34 per cent from 2005 to 2012.').

[6]        Submission 5, p 2.

[7]        Submission 5, p. 2.

[8]        Wilmar Sugar Australia Limited, Submission 3, p. 1.

[9]        Submission 19, p. 2.

[10]      Submission 10, p. 3.

[11]      Submission 7, p. 2.

[12]      Submission 10, p. 3.

[13]      Submission 2, p. 2.

[14]      Submission 1, p. 2.

[15]      See, e.g., Kwinana Industries Council, Submission 1, p. 2; Australian Industry Greenhouse Network, Submission 11, p. 2; Rio Tinto Aluminium Limited, Submission 13, p .1.

[16]      Submissions cited the following reviews and reports: ACIL Tasman, Energy Efficiency Opportunities Program End of First Full Five Year Cycle Evaluation—Final Report
(April 2013); ClimateWorks Australia, Energy Efficiency Opportunities Program Additionality Analysis—Technical Report (April 2013); Department of Industry, Energy Efficiency Opportunities Program—The First Five Years: 2006-11—Overview (December 2013); Department of Resources Energy and Tourism, Energy Efficiency Opportunities Program: Mid-Cycle Review—Final Report (December 2010).

[17]      See, e.g., Mr Alan Pears AM, Submission 4, p. 4; Energy Efficiency Council, Submission 14, p. 1.

[18]      Submission 17, p. 2, citing ClimateWorks Australia, Energy Efficiency Opportunities Program Additionality Analysis—Technical Report (April 2013).

[19]      Submission 14, p. 1.

[20]      Submission 17, p. 7.

[21]      See, e.g., Energy Efficiency Council, Submission 14, p. 2; Energetics Pty Ltd, Submission 9, pp. 1–2.

[22]      Submission 16, p. 2.

[23]      Australian National University Energy Change Institute and Climate Change Institute, Submission 16, p. 2.

[24]      Submission 4, p. 15.

[25]      Submission 6, p. 2.

[26]      See, e.g., Energy Efficiency Council, Submission 14, p. 2; Australian National University Energy Change Institute and Climate Change Institute, Submission 16, pp. 3–4.

[27]      Submission 4, p. 6.

[28]      See, e.g., Mr Alan Pears AM, Submission 4, p. 7; Energy Efficiency Council, Submission 14, p. 2.

[29]      Submission 4, p. 7.

[30]      See Energetics Pty Ltd, Submission 9, p. 1; Mr Alan Pears AM, Submission 4, p. 10; ClimateWorks Australia, Submission 17, p. 3, citing ClimateWorks Australia, Tracking Progress Towards a Low Carbon Economy: Special Report on Factors Influencing Large Industrial Energy Efficiency (July 2013).

[31]      Submission 4, p. 13.

[32]      See, e.g., Energetics Pty Ltd, Submission 9, p. 2; Energy Efficiency Council, Submission 14, p. 2.

[33]      Energy Efficiency Council, Submission 14, p. 2.

[34]      Submission 15, p. 2.

[35]      See, e.g., Minerals Council of Australia, Submission 5, p. 2; Major Energy Users Inc., Submission 2, p. 2.

[36]      See, e.g., Major Energy Users Inc., Submission 2, p. 2; Australian Industry Greenhouse Network, Submission 10, p.3; Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association Limited, Submission 20, p. 2.

[37]      Submission 15, p. 2.

[38]      See ACIL Tasman, Energy Efficiency Opportunities Program End of First Full Five Year Cycle Evaluation ­­– Final Report (April 2013), pp. 56-67. ACIL Tasman noted in its report that its 'preferred approach' to calculating the attribution of additionality to the EEO Program was
to use a 'time series analysis', but that this could not be achieved with the available data.