Strategic Energy Initiative
Source: WA. Office of Energy
"The Western Australian Government has released a discussion paper aimed at securing WA's energy needs for the next 20 years.
The Strategic Energy Initiative aims to: propose an energy vision for 2030 to deliver certainty to investors, and to enhance future competitiveness and productivity; set clear goals to provide guidance for policy makers and investors, while maintaining flexible strategies to allow Western Australia to quickly adapt to take advantage of new opportunities and address emerging issues; estimate future supply and demand for energy under a range of likely scenarios; ensure market and regulatory frameworks are responsive and flexible to meet the objectives of Government, industry and consumers; consider the whole energy supply chain, focusing on stationary energy but recognising the important role and interaction of upstream energy production and transport energy demand; and be consistent with national policy while having as its first priority the security of the energy future of Western Australia. "