Research and Insights 2025
Reports, Articles and Working Papers
VEPC Submission of Solar Sharer Offer Consultation Paper
Bruce Mountain • Submission Solar Sharer Offer • November 2025
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AI as individualised persona: a useful addition to the economist's toolbox? The case of "Stephen Littlechild AI Agent"
A Working Paper by Bruce Mountain & Shruti Kant • November 2025
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Submission on VicGrid's Draft Victoria Transmission Plan (DVTP)
Bruce Mountain • Submission to VicGrid • June 2025
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"Watershed moment:" Transmission re-think our best chance to get renewable grid right
Bruce Mountain • Renew Economy • May 2025
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Central planning is failing Australia's energy transition
A Opinion Article by Bruce Mountain • May 2025
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Pumped hydro and pumped-up prices: the case of Australia's largest pumped hydro generator
A Working Paper by Bruce Mountain • March 2025
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An analysis of electrical storage demand and cost in South Australia
A paper by Bruce Mountain • March 2025 • Energy Economics • Elsevier
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Presentations, Webinars and Podcasts
Accounting for greenhouse gas emissions embedded in electricity consumption in Australia
A Webinar by Prof. Bruce Mountain • Renewable Energy Certificates and Grid Emission Factors in Corporate and National Emissions Accounting • Hosted by EE Business Intelligence • 29 October 2025
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Transmission expansion planning in the NEM: a profound failure and some suggestions
A Presentation by Prof. Bruce Mountain • NEMDEV • Brisbane Australia • 7 October 2025
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Pumped hydro and pumped up prices: the case of Australia's largest pumped hydro generator
A Presentation by Prof. Bruce Mountain • State of Energy Research Conference, UNSW Roundhouse NSW, Australia • 15 July 2025
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Commentary
Three hours of free power sounds great - but it could raise other costs and hamstring rooftop solar
Bruce Mountain, The Conversation, 10 November 2025
Bruce Mountain, The Conversation, 7 October 2025
Snowy 2.0 fiasco shows why politicians shouldn't build power stations
Bruce Mountain, Financial Review, 6 October 2025
Gridlocked: The state of transmission in the transition
Interviews by Nadia Howland, Energy Source & Distribution, Sep/Oct Edition 22 September 2025