Australian electricity markets policy and economics
Is the NEG just an EIS in disguise, but with added costs?
Bruce Mountain, Renew Economy, 19 April 2018
Three-wheeling towards a poor energy policy outcome
Bruce Mountain, Renew Economy, 6 April 2018
NEG: A tangled web of electricity regulation
Bruce Mountain, Renew Economy, 16 Feb 2018
Some thoughts on capacity markets for electricity in Australia
Presentation by VEPC Director, Associate Professor Bruce Mountain, Productivity Commission Seminar, Melbourne, 27 March 2018
The NEG: A grand plan or much ado about very little?
Presentation by VEPC Director, Associate Professor Bruce Mountain, Economic Society of Australia, Policy in the Pub, Melbourne, 16 May 2018
Electricity market reform in Australia
Bruce Mountain, IAEE Forum, Issue 114, June 2018
NEG emissions plan is a political fix for a non-problem
Bruce Mountain, The Australian Financial Review, 30 July 2018
ESB price claims for target already met are not credible
Bruce Mountain, Renew Economy, 26 July 2018
The NEG is a flagship policy. So why hasn’t the modelling been made public?
Bruce Mountain, The Conversation, 31 July 2018
Consumers are angry about energy policy that doesn’t add up
Bruce Mountain, Renew Economy, 13 Aug 2018
New demand-response energy rules sound good, but the devil is in the (hugely complicated) details
Bruce Mountain, The Conversation, 24 July 2019
Australia’s energy woes will not be solved by reinforcing a monopoly
Bruce Mountain, The Conversation, 23 Aug 2019
Mountain, B. R., Percy, S. (2020). A study of the market impacts that followed the closure of the Northern and Hazelwood power stations. Report for the Australian Energy Market Operator. Available on request.
Energy oligopoly using market power to profit under cover of rooftop solar
Bruce Mountain and Steven Percy, Renew Economy, Feb 2020
A new look inside the workings of Australia’s National Electricity Market
Bruce Mountain and Steven Percy, Renew Economy, 20 Oct 2020
After two decades, the national electricity market is on its way out, and that’s alright
Bruce Mountain, VEPC Director, The Conversation, 10 Dec 2020
Texas was a warning. Australia needs to rethink the design of its electricity market
Bruce Mountain, The Conversation, 26 Feb 2021
Subsidy or not, Yallourn deal will likely set a precedent for more coal closures
Bruce Mountain, Renew Economy, 17 March 2021
Write-down shows AGL has read the writing on the wall
Bruce Mountain, The Sydney Morning Herald, 8 Feb 2021
The battle for AGL heralds a new dawn for Australian electricity
Bruce Mountain, The Conversation, 21 Feb 2022
Victoria's offshore wind plan is biggest thing since Loy Yang. Shame the media missed it
Bruce Mountain, Renew Economy, 7 March 2022
What has Morrison's 'big stick' to cut power bills achieved? Nothing, as far as we can tell
Kelly Burns, The Conversation, 7 April 2022
Expect more power price hikes – a 1970s-style energy shock is on the cards
Bruce Mountain, The Conversation, 27 May 2022
Labor's rewiring the nation plan is the wrong answer
Bruce Mountain and Peter Harris, The Australian Financial Review, 1 June 2022
Australia needs lots of storage, more transmission, and regulators who can factor in emissions
Bruce Mountain, Renew Economy, 2 June 2022
Our spectacular energy failure: governments hobbled the market and now they must rescue it
Bruce Mountain, The Age, 17 June 2022
Bruce Mountain, The Conversation, 12 July 2022
For the billions UK is spending on power bill subsidies, we could decarbonise our entire grid
Bruce Mountain, The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 September 2022
The end of coal-fired power is in sight, even with private interests holding out
Bruce Mountain, The Conversation, 10 October 2022
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Energy expert Bruce Mountain on what to do about the gas crisis
Michelle Grattan and Prof Bruce Mountain, The Conversation Podcast, 3 Nov 2022
Will price caps on coal and gas bring power prices down? An expert isn't so sure
Bruce Mountain, The Conversation, 9 Dec 2022
The National Electricity Market 25 years on: outcomes and prospects.
A presentation by Prof Bruce Mountain. Prepared for State of Energy Research Annual Conference, 31 Jan 2023
A presentation by Prof Bruce Mountain, Energy Matters 2023, University of Auckland Energy Centre Speaker Series, 11 May 2023
Mountain, B. R. (2023). The National Electricity Market 25 years on: outcomes and prospects. In: Captured! The political economy of Australian Neoliberal Public Policy. Edited by Phil Toner and Michael Rafferty, Sydney University Press, Forthcoming.
Bruce Mountain, International keynote: Australia's electricity revolution, Lower Hutt, Wellington NZ, 6 March 2024
Victoria's revived SEC. Will it be stymied by competition rules?
Bruce Mountain, Australian Fabians, 9 April 2024
The transition to clean energy in the NEM: some institutional questions
Bruce Mountain, Melbourne Economic Forum, 24 April 2024
Eraring closure exposes the ugly side of our energy transition
Bruce Mountain, The Australian, 15 May 2024