Energy and Climate Change Ministers' made several decisions about #DER distributed energy resources at last Friday's meeting in Perth discussed in this thoughtful Sophie Vorrath RenewEconomy article. My summary: "With consumers buying more #solar, #heatpumps and electric vehicles #EVs every day, we need policy and regulation to catch up and leverage these investments for everyone’s benefit." IEEFA Asia Pacific, The Superpower Institute, Solar Citizens, Parents for Climate, Integrate To Zero, Steve Blume, Jon Sibley, Heidi Lee Douglas, Stephanie Bashir, Clean Energy Council, Con Hristodoulidis, Smart Energy Council
Jonathan Jutsen
11mo
First thing we need to do to get serious attention from politicians is get rid of terms like DER, and replace them with VES - Voter energy solutions
Co-founder and CEO at Buildings Alive
11moI've been impressed with the CIS policy leadership, and it looks like reasonable value for money - but demand flex is many times more cost effective, readily available, and ecologically sustainable. It should not be ignored.